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...example, in any year, only about 15 biochemical engineers and 100 doctors graduate in the undergraduate system. This is in spite of having 800,000 students enroll in first grade annually. In this system, losing a biochemical engineer is a huge blow to the economy. Developing nations need to soften this effect by setting up vocational training institutes teaching modern skills such as computer programming, accounting, and hardware maintenance so as to harness this workforce. Nelson Mandela’s proposal of setting up AU-run regional universities all over Africa would do this and more. The universities would...

Author: By Hillary M. Mutisya, | Title: A Nation Loses Its Professionals | 5/6/2005 | See Source »

...grapes carefully and blend grapes from several different vineyards. During fermentation, they make dozens of choices, such as what the temperature in the tank should be and what kind of yeast should be added. Reverse osmosis can also be used to remove excess water or alcohol; micro-oxygenation can soften a red wine's tannins so you can drink it now rather than wait a decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: Gallo Says Bonjour | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...flock and garner a certain sympathy even when announcing a teaching that some of them disagreed with. It was one of his great gifts to be able to maintain a connection even with many of the people of his Church who disagreed with him. And that pastoral brilliance softened his conservative legacy within the Church. So the question becomes, is Benedict XVI capable of developing a pastoral side that could similarly soften the impact of his doctrinal side, which has been prominent for so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing Pope Benedict XVI | 4/19/2005 | See Source »

...moving eastward, subducts, or descends beneath, the lighter mass of the South American plate, which is moving westward. As the oceanic plate dives deeper into a region of high temperature and pressure some 60 miles to 125 miles below the earth's surface, rock in the area begins to soften and form magma, molten rock. Says Robert Christiansen, a volcano specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, Calif.: "This is one area in which our knowledge is the least advanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volcano: In the Belly of the Beast: Scientists know what makes a volcano blow but still cannot say when | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...disquieting bulletin from Bethesda comes at a time when Reagan's most prized initiatives--tax reform, arms control, deficit reduction--are drifting if not sinking. His game recovery will undoubtedly arouse popular sympathy, but it may not do much to soften skeptical congressional leaders, much less Soviet negotiators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Toughest Fight | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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