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Time for another global-competitiveness alert. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study—which last year tested a half-million students in 41 countries—American eighth graders 21 below the world average in math. And that's not even 22 part. Consider this as you try to 23 which countries will dominate the technology markets of the 21st century: the top 10 percent of America's math students scored about the same as the average kid in the global 24 , Singapore.
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It isn't exactly a news flash these days 25 Americans score behind the curve on international tests. But educators say this study is 26 because it monitored variables both inside and outside the classroom. Laziness—the factor often 27 for Americans poor performance—is not the culprit here. American students 28 spend more time in class than pupils in Japan and Germany. 29 , they get more Ggv*EsN/cC
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Regulation and Control. The government regulates and controls private 68 in many ways, for the 69 of assuring that business serves the best 70 of the people as a whole. Regulation is necessary in areas where private enterprise is granted a 71 , such as in telephone or electric service. Public policy permits such companies to make a reasonable 72 , but limits their ability to raise prices |au`ph5
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The longest extension ever 8 was to Georges Valensi; his 1939 patent for color TV receiver circuitry was extended until 1971 because for most of the patent' s normal life there was no colour TV to 9 and thus no hope of reward for the invention. cd1-2-4U
Because a patent remains permanently 10 after it has terminated, the shelves of the library attached to the 11 office contain details of literally millions of ideas that are free for anyone to use and, if 12 than half a century, sometimes even re-patent. Indeed, patent experts often advise anyone 13 to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through 14 patents that the one sure way of avoiding violation of any other inventor' s right is to plagiarize a dead patent. Likewise, because publication of an idea in any other form 15 invalidates further patents on that idea, it is traditionally 16 to take ideas from other areas of print. Much modern technological advance is 17 on these presumptions of legal security. MQw}R7
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