TABLE OF CONTENTS XIII 



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XII. Science, Research and Technology, 1970-79 .... 499 



Will applied research dilute basic research? .... 499 



NSF funding in 1970 500 



Subcommittee in 1971 501 



The OMB and applied research 502 



Research applied to national needs — RANN .... 503 



Subcommittee decisions in 1971 503 



Impoundment of NSF funds in 1971 504 



A new director for NSF in 1972 505 



Counterattack against impoundment 506 



The subcommittee in 1973 507 



Funding the NSF in 1973 508 



Impoundment battle in the House 508 



NSF and the abortion issue 509 



Improving oversight over NSF 510 



Talking with the OMB 511 



The NSF in 1974 511 



Geographic distribution of NSF funds 512 



Symington becomes subcommittee chairman . . . 513 



NSF education progress in 1975 514 



Conlan attacks MACOS 515 



Geographic distribution in 1975 516 



Conlan"s strategy 517 



Teague and MACOS 518 



MACOS debated in full committee meeting .... 519 



The floor fight over MACOS in 1975 520 



House narrowly defeats Conlan amendment .... 522 



Peer review 523 



The Moudy report on MACOS 524 



Conlan and the ISIS program 525 



GAO report on ISIS 525 



1976 NSF authorization 526 



"Silly-sounding" NSF projects 527 



Science for citizens program 529 



The controversy escalates 530 



Who will blink first? 531 



Thornton becomes subcommittee chairman in 1977 . 532 

 Organization meeting of the Thornton subcom- 

 mittee 533 



The science for citizens program in 1977 534 



Flowers renews fight for wider distribution .... 536 



Floor debate on NSF authorization in 1977 .... 537 



NSF authorization hearings in 1978 538 



