Word: research
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Humbug, responds Dr. Meaden. "Those who like to fantasize that something from outer space is responsible can be excluded," he insists. "What does cause these circles is better than fiction." But with or without government research funding, it may be a while before students of the phantasmagoria come up with a totally convincing explanation. Indeed, some suspect that researchers and the locals may enjoy their novel oddity so much that another ring is more interesting than a conclusive answer...
...lucrative commercial aviation sector. While the U.S. struggles to regain momentum in its space shuttle program, Western Europe's Arianespace, the commercial arm of the 13-nation European Space Agency, has completed 33 launches and has $2.1 billion worth of contracts on its order books. On the research front, Western Europe is poised to leapfrog the U.S. in the esoteric but strategically important field of high-energy physics. Funded by 14 European countries, the European Center for Particle Physics in Switzerland has completed construction of the world's most powerful particle accelerator. Last month the $660 million 16-mile supercollider...
...Accounting research is a lot different from what people tend to think it is--it's not number-crunching at all," says Kallapur, adding that the field helps bridge the gap between economic theory and its practical applications...
...every business executive has an intellectual interest in poverty and a spare $7 million on hand to fund research...
Instead, the Seattle mayor says he will look to forge greater links between the institute--which brings prominent speakers and fellows to Harvard from the world of politics--and the Kennedy School's nine other research centers...