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much broader range of policy making — the handling of 

 drug addiction, the technical and diplomatic conflicts of 

 importing beef from countries with hoof-and-mouth disease, 

 planning for increased use of automation in the keeping of 

 hospital records, how to improve the teaching of social 

 science in high school — to name but a few. 



All these activities require a nice blending of the methods 

 and attitudes of science with the value judgments, practical 

 wisdom, and political institutions characteristic of the man 

 of affairs. On the whole, the scientists seem to have taken 

 to their increasing responsibilities surprisingly well, and 

 it seems highly probable that the influence of science on 

 high poHcy will continue to increase. 



