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...Davis: If it was a machine-tool company, you wouldn't be sitting here today...
...private companies will use the science council as a virtual R. and D. lab, allowing them to reap the benefits of millions of dollars of federal science money without having to contribute a dime. Others fear that the science bureaucracy will get bigger, not smaller, making it a tempting tool for pork- minded politicians. Paul Romer, an economist from the University of California, Berkeley, questions how effective the NSTC will be at dismantling wasteful or irrelevant programs. "It will make virtually no difference," he predicts. "That spending is there because somebody who is politically powerful wants it there...
...images of distant stars and galaxies that had been fogged and blurry were suddenly breathtakingly clear. Not only was nasa's Hubble repair mission an unqualified success (boosting the agency's chances of getting funding for its next big project, the space station), but astronomers now have a scientific tool of unprecedented power. Discoveries -- black holes, white dwarfs, new solar systems -- could pour in for years to come...
Since arriving at U.S.C., Anderson has assumed the post of director of GTI's scientific advisory board. While he still draws no GTI salary, he is eligible for stock options -- which could soon be valuable. GTI is spending $5.5 ; million to tool up for the production of therapeutic retroviruses to treat victims of brain cancer...
...Petras, project manager for Boston Edison, said he saw the movie as a an educational tool. "Our company feels that education is the key to stop the spread of the disease," he said. "As such, I am quite a willing supporter of events such as this...