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The British government is making a last-minute attempt to persuade the rest of Europe that it has a better way of creating a common currency. It has a good case, but one likely to be overtaken by events — and by the Deutschmark.
Success in the semiconductor industry requires bold investment in new technology and total commitment to quality. US companies will never catch up with their Japanese counterparts until they learn these and other lessons.
With yet another holiday season brewing up in the Northern Hemispehere, readers may wish to brood on a conundrum devised by an anti-relativist. No prizes are offered for a solution.
The Socialist government of France has indeed done wonders for the health and achievement of French research, but there is a raft of problems – some of them long-standing — still to be resolved.
