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...Cambridge became the focal area of the nation??€™s astrophysical research, according to Irwin I. Shapiro, who was a researcher at MIT at the time of Sputnik’s launch...
...said they were excited about the significance of reaching into the final frontier, the event also spurred anxieties about the United States falling behind in the space race. This fear prompted the federal government to send an influx of funding to astronomical researchers throughout the country, making Cambridge the nation??€™s astronomical Mecca as students kept their eyes cast upward to the skies...
...national conference three years ago, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni deplored the nation??€™s efforts in translational science, the process of using basic scientific research to improve patient care. Later that year, Zerhouni announced a major NIH-led initiative to address the problems in translational science, a push that paid off for Harvard this week when the University landed a major grant to fund its efforts in the area, according to a Harvard Medical School spokesman...
...legislator of the late twentieth century, Senator Kennedy has made a profound impact on our society. He stood on the front lines of the legislative struggle for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. He was an architect of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which opened the nation??€™s doors to millions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Americans with Disabilities Act has broadly protected the nation??€™s disabled population from discrimination. He has also been the Senate’s preeminent champion of early childhood education under...
...financially compensate the two countries for losses incurred as a result of environmental conservation. The system could be sustained by a common pool comprised of money contributed by members of the developing world; the level of contribution of each country could be assessed in proportion to the nation??€™s level of environmental destruction and energy consumption. By supporting a continued exponential economic growth in China and India, we provide an incentive and a means for expanding Asia to cooperate in sustaining the environment...