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Disagreement among members of the European Communities last weekend at Milan will hamper the cause of technical collaboration. Modest plans are now in order.
An adventurous scheme which seeks to incorporate thermodynamics into the quantum laws of motion may end arguments about the arrow of time — but only if it works.
