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Daily Archives: June 7, 2011
When leaders disappoint … there is always poetry
“You should have been there to hear and counter the rhetoric about our self-inflicted failures”, one of several disappointed callers said after the presentation of NSERC’s President in Edmonton. Mme. Fortier’s take-home message? It was the mathematicians problem: That $700K … Continue reading
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