YOU CAN hardly blame George W. for giving Americans a large tax cut: after
all that’s why many people voted for him. But science might pay heavily. NASA
has just found out its next budget rise will not match inflation. In other
words, it’s been cut
(see p 4).
Now, a hard pruning can be a good thing.
Carefully done, it can give an old plant new life. But you need to know what to
cut and what to leave behind. It’s not yet clear if Bush has grasped these
subtleties. The word from the Bush seems to be…
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