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...hundreds of millions being spent, in a more strategic way, by the European Union. A 2001 National Science Board report charged that the U.S. has the least well-coordinated science and technology policy among developed countries; a followup report to be released this month is expected to reinforce that judgment. And critics at the conference said Washington's neglect of this crucial area is exacerbated by its scientific spending at home; AAAS president David Baltimore, the winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine, was particularly scathing about what he said would be a 13% real term decrease...
...That particular nugget? No. I tried to make sure the Red Sox knew what I was doing, because I didn't want to blindside them. But I didn't exactly clear anything. I used my own judgment...
...Oscars Blooper Reel Richard Corliss is fully justified in griping about incorrectly awarded Academy Awards [Feb. 25]. There should be retrospective awards to correct previous errors of judgment. They could be awarded on Oscar night each year as an adjunct to the main ceremony. Citizen Kane could then - at last! - be advertised with an Oscar cachet. Not that it needs to, of course - but still. And second-place nominees in any category should automatically be included in the next year's voting, affording the Academy a more immediate opportunity to correct glaring errors. Jan Schaafsma, Betty's Bay, South Africa...
...endorsement from Christian Zionist John Hagee. The Texas pastor has alluded to the Catholic Church as "the great whore" and has linked it to Hitler. It seems no one in McCain's camp was prepared for angry blowback from Catholics. The conservative Catholic League says McCain "has shown horrendous judgment in buddying up to this bigot." McCain will only say, "I obviously do not" agree with "all of Pastor Hagee's views...
...White House," she told reporters the morning before the contests. "And Senator Obama has a speech he made in 2002" - a reference to Obama's declaration against the Iraq invasion that she and McCain had voted to authorize. Obama has repeatedly referred to that speech as proof that his judgment is superior, even if his résumé is shorter...