Word: spreading
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There is nothing like an old idea whose time has come again. The Federal Government's agricultural Extension Service, set up in 1914, is one of the most successful programs Washington has ever developed. It helped spread new technologies and made American farms the most efficient in the world. John Zysman, 38, codirector of the University of California's Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy and a guest at the meeting of TIME'S Board of Economists, believes the U.S. can use a similar service for high technology...
...policymakers should create a climate in which companies can prepare to face the onslaught from abroad, especially from the Japanese. He advocates a three-pronged program to help American high-technology firms compete better in world trade. One step would be an industrial extension service to ensure that advances spread quickly throughout the economy. Simply developing new techniques is not enough. The Government should help disseminate those concepts to companies large and small, just as agricultural breakthroughs were diffused earlier. Zysman supports the idea of more basic research by Government to help smaller firms that cannot do it themselves. Finally...
Until now, the emotional-distress argument has been successfully used mainly by individuals seeking redress against such pests as harassing bill collectors and malicious pranksters; one case, for example, involved a cruel joker who falsely spread the rumor that a woman's son had hanged himself. Constitutional experts warn that its use by public figures against the press could erode First Amendment protections by circumventing the rigorous standards of proof for libel. New York Attorney Floyd Abrams believes the verdict will be reversed, but, if not, it could encourage "an end run around constitutional protections for people who want...
...Clouds of dust and smoke block sun's rays, then spread over vast areas of the globe, causing ground temperatures to fall. Much of the soot in lower troposphere is eventually washed out by rain, but clouds higher up continue to block sun for weeks or months. The particles that reach stratosphere could remain for a year or more...
These two cases caused a flurry of concern in the medical community. Ever since the disease was first described, doctors have feared that it would spread to health-care workers. The pattern of transmission-through body fluids and needles-closely resembles that of hepatitis B, a dangerous virus that poses a serious threat to hospital personnel...