Word: research
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despite all their high-tech wizardry, stepping machines offer little that a staircase cannot provide. "There is nothing magical about the machines," says Steve Farrell of the Institute for Aerobic Research in Dallas. "You can get the exact same benefit from just climbing stairs in the home or office." And going between floors on foot can be healthier for the bank account...
...already at work in a crowded Virginia office littered with discarded coffee cups, overflowing ashtrays, computer terminals and maps of the world. "We're going to be a financial think tank to help train cops who are deluged in financial data," says Gene Weinschenk, acting director of FINCEN's research-and-development division. "We're looking for money, not dope...
Stephen Schneider of the National Center for Atmospheric Research responds that waiting for absolute certainty about global warming will produce many years of policy paralysis. Thomas Lovejoy of the Smithsonian Institution agrees, noting that societies may pay a price for doing nothing that outweighs ) the expense of prudent preparation. While the world hailed the 1987 Montreal Protocol, designed to reduce chlorofluorocarbon output, the destruction of the ozone layer continued to accelerate because of CFCs already in use. Atmospheric chemist Sherwood Rowland of the University of California at Irvine is worried that similar delays in dealing with global warming will produce...
Between 40 and 45 women come each year to the Bunting Institute as fellows, pursuing projects often involving academic research, public policy work, writing...
...University entered the decade as the wealthiest and arguably most prestigious research institution in the country. And it leaves the decade as the wealthiest and arguably most prestigious research institution in the country...