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Science 9 July 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4555, pp. 130 - 131
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4555.130
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R & D in the United States: Its Strengths and Challenges

Ian M. Ross 1

1 President of Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

The promise of technology for improving the quality of life has never been greater, and American science and technology has led the way toward fulfillment of that promise. Now this preeminence is threatened by forces that may affect technological progress throughout the world. It is up to those of us in science, industry, and government to strengthen the institutions that have made us the leaders and to restore our initiative.

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