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The calculated bad manners towards each other of the two major superpowers may presage better things, as last year, but that is the most optimistic reading of events.
The experimenters have been more successful in finding new examples of icosahedral symmetry than the theoreticians have been at interpreting these exciting data.
“The same machines and equipment can be bought by anybody; success in the market goes to those who have a workforce that can use them to best advantage.”