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...simply too important for China and the world--including American investors and the U.S. government. The obstacles are immense. The Asian crisis came at a bad time, but many of the other problems are home grown, starting with a pervasive climate of corruption and a lack of basic business know...
...have been arguing back and forth for years whether China should be allowed to buy a whole array of items, from supercomputers and centrifuges to clean rooms and ground-positioning systems. "They don't just want our hardware," says Henry Sokolski, a former Bush proliferation specialist. "They want our know-how and know-why, so they can do it themselves...
...this circumstance? At the time he made the fateful but valiant decision to nuke Japan, President Truman was controlling what he hoped to be the denouement of a most horrendous global conflict. Though he was initiating the nuclear age, he could not possibly have forecast the dissemination of nuclear know-how to countries which at the time were still under the domain of the late British Empire. Even the Soviets were still in the dark as to the workings of America's newest weapon...
...truly desperate, don't forget the old standby: Pre-Frosh Weekend. With lots of highschooly kids running around looking to be impressed with some collegiate know...
...proximity of different biotechnology companies to each other and to the universities has also helped to foster and promote the beneficial exchange of technology and know-how, Sharp says...