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Nature 440, 264-265 (16 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440264a; Published online 15 March 2006
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Special Report Saving Italian science
Alison Abbott
Abstract
As the general election looms, candidate prime minister Romano Prodi strives to convince Italy's discontented scientists that he can turn things around. Alison Abbott reports.
Last autumn, Romano Prodi, a candidate for Italian prime minister, proposed a thought experiment to a group of top scientists. "If you had an additional 
400 million (US$480 million) a year for five years to rescue Italian research, to be allocated during the first 100 days of government, what would you do with it?
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