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...America, a time when jobs will be plentiful and the richness of the country can be shared by anyone who is willing to work." In short, the Right hoped to break into the New Deal coalition by convincing traditionally Democratic workers that the Republicans had turned over a new leaf--that they were no longer the party of fight money, but of full employment. In 1980, that strategy worked: Reagan's share of un-ionized voters was about 43 per cent, dwarfing Gerald Ford's 30 per cent...
...hard to get people to make a committment to a life of science when every three years the spigot can be shut off and close down their research," Leaf said...
...Leaf said, "It's impossible to do it in any honest way," explaining that research and teaching are interrelated and that few scientists spend large amounts of time doing only one or the other...
Bell, Bloch and Leaf have been working on the NAS committee, funded by a consortium of government and private donors, appointed this summer to investigate the relationship between the federal government, scientists and research institutions. The committee of scientists, administrators and businessmen will probably report its findings within 12 to 18 months...
While Bloch and Bell are generally pleased with the allocation system. Leaf suggested that the grant process should give more constant support of scientists...