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...Many physicists and mathematicians now go furthest of all, resolving the access question on their own: Even before submitting to a journal, they make all of their work freely available at the repository www.arxiv.org, providing inestimable benefits to the rapid communication of one result and advancement to the next. Similarly, computer scientists almost universally put their papers on their personal, school-based websites. Peer review is as important as ever—nobody gets credit for work that doesn’t pass that scrutiny—but as these scientists have discovered, it doesn’t have...
...promise soon faded. Yeltsin and his team pushed reforms, and the halls of power were filled with M.B.A.s and Harvard types advising on stock markets and political reform. But nothing worked. A rapid-economic-development plan of "shock therapy" delivered shock but no therapy. Russia got more corrupt. It launched a war in Chechnya. It careened from crisis to crisis...
...attention.” While she said she was not sure why there has not been more success in treating and preventing malaria, Wirth asserted that it is fundamentally a “controllable disease.” Still, scientists and physicians face major obstacles such as the rapid evolution of drug resistance. But Wirth said new strides are being made as a result of emerging collaborations across the University and at the Broad Institute. Barry R. Bloom, the dean of HSPH, opened the conference to a standing-room only crowd of about 60 scientists and students. Bloom said Africa...
...promise of that moment quickly turned sour. Yeltsin and his team were optimistic about pushing rapid change, and about cooperating with the West. The halls of power were filled with Harvard University types who were advising on stock markets, political reform, defense initiatives. But nothing seemed to work. A rapid economic-development plan of "shock therapy" delivered the shock, but no therapy. Russia got more corrupt. Russians felt more desperate (another enduring image of Yeltsin's Russia: the poor babushkas on the streets desperately trying to sell whatever they could - knives and forks, books, old socks). Russia lost territory...
...true that China is racking up huge trade . surpluses with the United States (and Europe), and will continue to do so far into the future. But many companies in many industries have hitched themselves to China's extraordinary growth, and have made bets on the future that assume steady, rapid and sustained growth there. Forget about the obvious beneficiaries of the China boom, such as producers of oil and commodities. China's growth is a huge boost to American companies like Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar Tractor and chip-maker Texas Instruments. The beneficiaries also include service companies ranging from law firms...