Building a better bloodsucker
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Harmful pest insects, such as the Latin American "kissing bug," which do not yield to traditional control methods are being subjected to genetic re-engineering. The promise, and the potential harmful effects, of this practice is discussed.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Japan's choice: scour technology's stain with technology: for the pragmatic Japanese, saving the environment means building a better smokestack
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Japan has adopted the approach of using technology to save the environment. Critics maintain that a basic change in human values is what is needed and that Japan's policy does not recognize that economic growth is limited by ecology.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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Building a better entrepreneur
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Some 417 universities are offering courses of study in entrepreneurship. The courses are designed to encourage risk taking by teaching strategies for solving problems.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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