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Two decades have passed since the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 launched a grand
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Governor Mitt Romney had a chance to demonstrate on his trip to Great Britain, Israel, and Poland that he is ready to take on the duties of…
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It has been difficult to open up the black box of knowledge production. We use unique international data on the publications, citations,…