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The Clinton administration is sticking to its desire to fund key technology developments in industry, in the teeth of political and scientific opposition, and with little past success to build on. The president should give way.
The results of some technically demanding experiments may resolve a long-standing debate - the cause underlying the orientation selectivity of cells in the primary visual cortex.
