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Some made millions because they realized, as entrepreneurs always have, that there are patterns in the acquisition of wealth. One is the grasp and exploitation of new technology: the space satellite, the computer and the gene synthesizer today offer the same possibilities that the internal-combustion engine once did. Another is the grasp and exploitation of changing government rules: the deregulation of transport and telecommunications, for example...
...budget deficit of $26.5 billion, which is even higher than this year's U.S. deficit on a per capita basis. Finance Minister Michael Wilson calls reduction of the deficit "the key to growth and job creation" in his country. But Wilson fears that "Canadians may not fully grasp its consequences or share my concern about it." He is expected to announce deep government spending cuts in the spring...
...humanities restored as the centerpiece of a full four-year curriculum. Among the other recommendations: substantial course work on the evolution of Western civilization; "a careful reading" of masterworks of English, American and European literature; a sound grasp of the "most significant ideas and debates in the history of philosophy"; "demonstrable proficiency in a foreign language...
...scheduled Halley rendezvous). Laments Sagan: "Those space vehicles were very cheap. For just 1% of the cost of Star Wars, you could have a set of spectacular missions from now to the beginning of the next century. The answer to the origins of the universe might be within our grasp. It would be a shame to let it slip away...
...same time, NASA was preparing for another rescue, the repair in space of the Solar Maximum Mission scientific satellite damaged in 1980. The space agency set out to fix the sophisticated $75 million instrument on the eleventh shuttle flight last April. But Astronaut George Nelson was unable to grasp the Solar Max with a device mounted on the arms of his backpack. An alternate technique worked, but the failed grappler plan had to be abandoned. In June, Astronaut Dale Gardner, who would be part of last week's mission, sketched out an alternative idea on the back...