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Interestingly, that's not necessarily the case in the 



MORE industrialized NATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE/ MUCH OF EUROPE 

 is AS FEARFUL OF THE IMPACTS OF NEW TECHNOL-QGY ON ITS 

 FRIGHTENING UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS AS IT IS HOPEFUL THAT NEW 

 TECHNOLOGY IS THE ANSWER TO LAGGING ECONOMIC GROWTH. 

 MEANWHILE/ A COUNTRY LIKE JAPAN IS BEGINNING TO WORRY ABOUT 

 ITS STILL-WEAK SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE POSSIBILITY 

 THAT IT WON'T BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITS TECHNOLOGICAL 

 BRILLIANCE UNLESS IT ALSO DEVELOPS STRONGER SCIENCE. 



NOR HAVE WE IN THE UNITED STATES GONE THROUGH THE 

 CHANGES OF THESE RECENT YEARS UNTOUCHED. EVEN WHILE 

 REBUILDING OUR SCIENCE BASE THROUGH INCREASED FEDERAL 

 SUPPORT FOR BASIC RESEARCH/ WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE 

 WEAKENED INSTITUTIONAL TIES AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS THAT DO 

 R&D— AND BY THAT I MEAN THE UNIVERSITIES/ INDUSTRY/ AND 

 FEDERAL LABORATORIES—AND STRUGGLING TO FIND WAYS TO 

 REASSERT THE TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP THAT OUR COMPETITORS 

 HAVE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT OVER THE PAST DECADE. 



We believe a FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE TO ADDRESS AT THE 

 INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IS HOW COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH 

 THESE CHANGES. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO RESPOND TO THE RISING 

 EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR CITIZENS THAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

 WILL CARRY THEM INTO A BETTER FUTURE? 



One OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO FACE UP TO NOW IS THAT 



