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...scientist specializing in the field of molecular biology, Tilghman has been at the forefront of such controversial issues as cloning and the human genome project. As a result, she has had to tackle some of the toughest ethical questions scientists have faced in recent decades...
Small inherited a vast and (literally) crumbling empire of 16 museums and galleries, 142 million artifacts--ranging from the Wright brothers' biplane to Nancy Reagan's silk-satin Inaugural gown--nine research centers and the National Zoo. Unlike his predecessors, however, Small is neither a scientist nor an academic. He spent 27 years at Citibank, and his last job was COO of Fannie Mae. He plays flamenco guitar and owns a world-class collection of Amazonian art, but he got the job because he knows how to raise money and crunch numbers. His mission was to put the world...
...that dramatic reforms take time to implement, and the Japanese public that adores him today will turn on him tomorrow if he doesn't produce results--and so might the L.D.P., if it fares poorly in upper-house elections in July. Says Gerald Curtis, a Columbia University political scientist and expert on Japan: "He needs to have something positive to show--every...
...hatch if he showed up--triggering an international diplomatic incident--or to convince Russia that the investment tycoon was unqualified for space flight. NASA tried the latter, but it was tough given Tito's background. He may not be a cosmonaut, but he is an actual rocket scientist who worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory before becoming a successful businessman. (He founded the investment firm Wilshire Associates.) He also completed some 900 hours of training in Star City, the cosmonauts' boot camp, and was deemed flightworthy by Russia's space commission. So on Thursday NASA had Tito sign...
...like asking Boston Red Sox fans why their team isn’t doing better. There are plenty of ideas—some ingenious, some helpful, some bizarre—but none offers a fully adequate explanation for the team’s performance.” The social scientist in him too often overrides this voice; the book is too rigidly structured into 150 pages outlining the problems (Section II) followed by a 150 pages of prospective solutions. By the time we finish reading what the problems are, we are thoroughly frustrated both with our government and with...