Word: nsi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hour, Mr. X has demonstrated why the United States government is shaking up the National Science Foundation (NSI)--the nation's top agency for funding basic research. Over whelming foreign technological competition over the past decade, especially from Japan, has produced a growing sense of concern among government officials that we may be losing the battle for good. Moreover, there is increasing, evidence that Japanese corporations are not ready to relent, as they guide further ahead of their American counterparts, particularly in robotics, microelectronics and material science...