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réf. 0428555349.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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193664 pages. Features: Cover illustration of female skier by Jules Erbit; Ad for the Dodge "D2" (four-door) Touring Sedan inside front cover; Editorial discusses King Edward VIII succeeding King George V; Lucky Cumsie Jones (fiction); Everything Went Well Until (fiction); Japan's Amazing "War" on World Trade - fascinating photo-illustrated article discusses Japan's quick development as an exporting nation; The Spongers (fiction); The Fire Brand (fiction); The Kiss (fiction); The Sudbury Basin - Where Nickel is King - photo-illustrated article; Photo-illustrated article on the bobsleigh (bobsled) run at Lucerne-in-Quebec; Nice one-page Plymouth car photo ad; Nice one-page ad for Mutual Life of Canada features photos of sixteen children from across Canada including William Cruikshank of Lacombe, Alberta, Jaques Tremblay of Loretteville, Quebec, and Roma and Jack Porter of Sudbury; Classy colour GM centrefold ad features the "New Chevrolet"; Lysol half-page ad includes photo of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood News; Illustrated ad for Jaffa oranges and grapefruit from Palestine; Classy colour-illustrated ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1936 inside back cover; and more. Above-average external wear, primarily to coverfold. Covers detached by present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
193456 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of blonde on boat; Great vintage colour Imperial (Oil) ad inside front cover features old-style gas pump; Editorial topics include Prison Rule, Support the Schools, The Cause of Crime, Who Lost the Election?, Success or Failure?, A Faulty System, World Trade, and Interest Rates; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for magazine "The Nor'-West Farmer"; A Policeman's Point of View (short story); Yellow on White (short story); Newfoundland - Canada's Economic Partner - great photo-illustrated article; Serg'int Luck (short story); Modern Eve - article illustrated with amazine photos of reptile skins used in fashion, our favourite being a model clad in 25' of python skin!; Hot Cargo (short story); Ceylone - Tea Garden of the World - nice photo-illustrated article; Pond's one-page ad includes photo of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Woodbury's one-page soap ad features photo of Baroness Ida Legan; Two-page General Motors (GM) of Canada ad highlights their design innovations; Movie news includes photos of Ruby Keeler, Dorothy Dell, Mary Carlisle, Muriel Evans, Ruth Channing, Gloria Stuart, Paul Kelly, and more; Business News discusses inflation and advertising trends; Young Man and his Problem; Legal Info.; Nice 1/4-page illustrated ad for Aylmer tomato catsup; Fashion illustrations; Heinz one-page ad includes illustrations of several of their products; Cooking article; World Sayings; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Nostalgic colour-photo ad for P and G naptha soap on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
193656 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of diver; Heinz soup ad inside front cover says "Soups Must Be Coaxed"; One-page Sweet Caporal ad features large photo of "Whisky", a 5-year-old wire-haired Fox Terrier owned by Miss Nancy Shorey of Montreal; News digest includes Mr. Woodsworth and the cause of crime, Grand Forks, B.C. and its bonds, what next in Alberta with Mr. Aberhart and his new Social Credit government, the ambitions of Italy and Japan, Sir Norman Angell criticizes the League of Nations and, how musical and dramatic festivals eased the recent misfortunes of Saskatchewan; Bagataway (Lacrosse) is Back - rare vintage article on the resurgence of lacrosse with photos of the late Billy Fitzgerald, Fred Rowntree, Norman Harshaw, Neil Felker, the late Lawson Whitehead and and old-time mid-Victorian era player in uniform; Square Shooter (short story); The Man in the Empty Chair (short story); Man Proposes (short story); The Future of Canadian Trade - article explores the future of Canada's export trade, with graphs and photos; The Dark Trail (short story); The Pistol (short story); A Roll of Bills (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); Movie news with many photos including Roland Young, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, E.E. Clive, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Temple, Henry Armetta, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Victor Varconi, and many more; Economics in the Flesh - Ira Day and Independence; Scarlet Slippers (short story); Rifle Talk (short story); Summer Accessories Come Clean - beauty article; 1/4-page ad for the 1936 C.N.E.; Palmolive ad includes photo of Mrs. W.K. Davidson of Montreal and her 10-year-old daughter; Lux soap ad includes photo of Merle Oberon; Business News; Recipes for cool dishes; Ad for this magazines includes photo of English actor Paul Cavanaugh; Beauty article; World Sayings; Lovely back cover colour ad for Christie's Biscuits features packages of their many products; and more. Spine rolled. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
193868 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of children in winter scene; Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News bits include: Between the Ears, Fellow Travellers in Life, Voices in Talk Group, An Undivorceable Couple, Not at all a simple question. Editorials include Trade Agreements, Is Missionary Effort Being Discredited, and Keeping the Home Fires Burning - with photo-portrait of Chester D. Stovel, August 11, 1870 - December 19, 1937, the last of three brothers who visioned a national magazine when they started this magazine as a four-page supplement to the weekly press nearly forty years ago; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk- photo-illustrated article (part 1) on the 'lone wolf' who put modern Turkey on the map; The Lost Tunes (short story); Killer's Crossing (short story); Nothing to Regret (short story); Photographing Big Game in Africa - photo-illustrated article by Vera Batley; Hazard and High Water (short story); The Murder on the Links (part IV/4 of this Agatha Christie story); Downhill Control - skiing article with photos, including ski-jumper Arne Finsberg in flight; The Grandfather Clock (short story); Nice one-page ad for the 1938 Pontiac; Fascinating one-page Ovaltine ad shows sleep research; Movie news with photos of Kay Francis, Billie Burke, Ann Sheridan, and more; Lux soap ad includes photo of Madeleine Carroll; Vintage two-page photo ad says "New Bread Diet Takes Off Pounds"; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Gardens of Romance; Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland is featured in a Government of Canada ad; Photo of horse "Miss Amner" owned by Mrs. Earle Spafford of Knowlton, Quebec; Personal care article for men; Cake baking article; Heinz one-page ad says 'Banish Kitchen Blues'; World Sayings; Attractive colour 1938 Ford ad inside back cover features beige and blue cars; Colour Old Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
193848 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady on red background; Nice colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium bacon inside front cover; Brief news items include The Ledger of Life, A Good Resolution, The Glow of True Happiness, We are Mostly All Strangers, and Improved Seeing and Knowing; Nice one-page ad for two new Ford V-8 cars for 1938, the Standard Ford V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe Ford V-8 Fordor; Editorials touch on - The Farmer and the Income Tax, Fascist Influence in the New World, Sources of Wealth, and World Trade; Attractively illustrated one-page McLaughlin Buick ad features a blue Series 46-19, Five-Passenger Sedan with Trunk; London's Famous Underground - photo-illustrated article; The Batley Inheritance (short story); Liberal Reward (short story); The Vagabonds (short story); Junior G-Men - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver Police Constable Ronald Eveleigh and his initiative to reduce juvenile delinquency; Strange Achievement - Charles E. Jones is founder of the world bird sanctuary at Collingwood East, a suburb of Vancouver, B.C.; The Murder on the Links (part III/3 of this Agatha Christie story); Mystery Man of Golf - Laverne Moore, alias Johnny Montague - article with photos; Sweet Caporals ad features photo of dog 'Rathlin Roundalay', owned by Miss Katherine Savage of Montreal West, Quebec; Hollywood news with photos of Andrea Leeds, Nita NAldi, Lily Pons, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Douglass Montgomery, Jean Parker, and more; Photo of Alice Faye in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Article on Curling; Beauty article; Cooking article; Recipes; How to make a dinner mat; World Sayings; Nice colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy (lady in tub), and Rinso (lady on cliff); Canadian fish ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
194540 pages. Features: Colour Canada Dry ad features playing cards; Canada's Cabinet Crisis - and After; Photo of F/L Art 'Birt' Birtwhistle of Ottawa chatting with Dutch girls about wooden shoes; Sugar-Snow Slalom (short story); Knocking the World About - article with photos of massive world infrastructure projects; The Vertical Line (short story); Will Anthony Eden be Britain's Next Prime Minister?; Lovely Laboratory - brief photo-illustrated article on Kew Gardens mentions Winnipeg's Palm House at Assiniboine Park; The Reluctant Tutor; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Maria Montez; Anaconda Copper and Brass ad features photo of employee Lou Weller of Port Credit, Ontario; Very colourful illustrated centrefold ad for General Motors of Canada entitled "Enterprise - and the Challenge of Tomorrow" includes text mentioning founder Robert McLaughlin; Recipe article; Chase & Sanborn ad with colour Charlie McCarthy comic; The Canadian Mothercraft Society; Newlywed photos of Lynette Emelyn Diedrick of Kingston, Jamaice, and Frank Leonard MacIntosh of the RCAF appear in Woodbury soap ad; Wartime conservation tips; nostalgic ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board inside back cover uses traffic lights to explain it will take time for all wartime goods restrictions to be lifted; Great back cover colour ad for Good Year features very futuristic auto/highway scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194140 pages. Features: Ad for yellow 1941 Pontiac Fleetleader inside front cover; News digest discusses the illusions of a year ago; Poem "Land of Wish-It-Were", by James Byrne; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the people of the far reaches of the Commonwealth who are contributing to the British war effort; Never Goodby (short story); Mr. Barbury's Hands (short story); Victim of Circumstance (short story); Doves of War - wonderful photo-illustrated article on how homing pigeons are used as emergency messengers at home and abroad; Sixty Days to Live (short story, part 3 of 6); Movie news and photos; Half-page Department of Trade and Commerce ad says "There is no sign of a single German ship delivering a single bale of goods anywhere across the Seven Seas"; How Good-Looking Are You?; Do You Want to be Popular?; Oddments in Cookery; World Sayings; Mussolini's Revealing Speech; Heinz Ketchup ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194564 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady in red hat with veil; Quink ink ad; Orange Crush ad features brown bottle; How to Treat Germany in Collapse; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; One-page colour GM ad features reproduction of painting of dock scene by Fred H. Brigden; Rebirth of a Nation - photo-illustrated article on Holland as it comes back to life after the war; Debit for Plunder - photo-illustrated article on the Nazis and the most gigantic robbery of all time; The House of Four Winds (short story); One Bad Turn (short story); Running Test (short story); Trade Follows the Treaty - photo-illustrated article on thriving world trade after the defeat of Germany; The Big Fellows (short story); Nice one-page black and white Kodak photo ad shows LAC Harold Campbell of Thorold, Ontario, a member of the crash crew at an R.A.F. airfield in southern England; Fantastic one-page federal Liberal party election ad with photo of Mackenzie King says "Opportunities for All... Buid a New Social Order, Vote Liberal"; Evinrude ad shows troops in small watercraft; Notes for Newlyweds; Nice colour ads for Savoy Custard, Magic Baking Powder, and Chase & Sanborn coffee - with Charlie McCarthy comic; Fashion illustrations; The New Fashioned Woman - Relax in Slacks; Beauty Becomes You - fashion article with photos; Colour portrait of Susan Peters in Woodbury Powder ad; Photo of Ethel Merman in Arrid ad; Colour Coke ad inside back cover with illustration of party with young sailor; GSW/McClary appliances colour ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
194172 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
194672 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of young lady painting chair; Colour ad for the Parker '51' pen inside front cover; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; Three Problems of the Month - India, Russia, Spain (with photo of Field Marshal Lord Harold Alexander and his family at "The Vale" in Windsor Forest; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System shows men from nine provinces; Colour Canada Dry ad features golf scene; Blue Top Brewing colour ad features "Gracious Home"; Nice one-page photo-ad for Canadian National features Jasper, Alberta; Greece - The Problem Child of Europe - photo-illustrated article; Kona Storm (fiction); Meet the "Met" - photo-illustrated article on the Metropolitan Opera Company; Through the Hawse-Pipe (fiction); Just One Chance (fiction); Yousuf Karsh in Wonderland - photo-illustrated article on portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh; Beware Spring Showers! (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Nice one-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of what may be a red International "H"-style tractor tying sheavves on family farm; Colour ad for Quink ink and Glo-Coat Wax (featuring Fibber McGee and Molly); Beautiful colour centrefold ad for the Ford Monarch features a red four-door Monarch; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Anne (Nanine) Newton Goode and William Geoffrey Preston; Great one-page vintage photo ad for Singer sewing machines features electric and treadle-powered models; One-page article by the Department of Trade and Commerce says "1/3 of your dollar' comes from the export business; Nice colour Swift's premium bacon ad features dad and daughter; Lux soap ad features beautiful colour photo of Lana Turner; One-page colour ad for Marboleum Floors; Sports Clothes for Ladies; Tangee ad features illustration of Mrs. Robert Montgomery; Woodbury Powder ad features beautiful colour illustration of Lana Turner; Nice one-page colour Cutex ad features mysterious lady behind veil; Arrid ad features photo of Carol Bruce; Beautiful one-page colour-illustrated ad for Gothic/Cordex bras/brassieres; Colour Maxwell House ad features Persians; Charming colour Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mom, daughter and cats; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover shows housewife scrambling to clean bathroom as guests arrive; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
194572 pages. Features: Quink ink ad inside front cover; Seagram ad shows man of the future listening to self-reading book (like a computer disk of the future); Repair work on a shattered world; photo of camp of Manitoba Indian muskrat trapper Lewis Head; Nice colour ads for Maxwell House coffee and Waterman's Taperite pens; Sombre one-page two-colour ad by the National War Finance Committee shows the burial at sea of an 18-year-old ordinary seaman, on board H.M.C.S. Assiniboine, killed by U-boat fire; Why Germany's V-Weapons Failed - fascinating photo-illustrated article; "Per Andrea" (short story); Wilderness Suburb - photo-illustrated article on Ocean Falls, B.C.; The High Side (short story); Golf Swings to the Left - photo-illustrated article on Byron Nelson, with photo of him putting out on the 18th green at Thornhill, Ontario where he won the Canadian Open (also included is a photo of B.C. golfer Stan Leonard); Tiny Fingers (short story); So the Captain Stopped Smiling (short story); Man of the Month - Jackson Dodds, C.B.E.; Vintage one-page C-I-L ad illustrates the range of their products; Half-page Champion Spark Plug ad promotes Victory Bonds with illustration of Pan American Flying Clipper; Fascinating one-page two-colour ad entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" by Canada's Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages Canadian women to conserve textiles (#2 in a series of ads); Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Elyse Knox; Half-page ad for Blachford Shoes of Toronto; Woodbury Soap ad features newlywed photos of Ann Elizabeth Bowman of Montreal and her RCAF husband Hugh Basil Heath; Glo-Coat floor polish ad features Molly McGee; Is it Measles? - health article for juniors; Mexico's Public Enemy - illiteracy; Rolex ad; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1946 Ford Super Deluxe (red); Fashion illustrations; One-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colourful Chase & Sanborn ad features Charlie McCarthy comic; Colour Frigidaire fridge ad shows birthday party scene; Colour Shredded Wheat ad shows boy in old-style football helmet; Photo of Jean Parker in Arrid ad; Portrait of Mrs. Randolph Scott in Tangee ad; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's cream of mushroom soup shows chef; One-page illustrated ad for Helena Rubinstein White Flame perfume; Lovely colour illustration of Ava Gardner in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; Fantastic colour-illustrated Canadian Pacific ad inside back cover celebrates their sixty years of progress; Back cover colour-photo ad for Jordan grape juice features lady at harvest; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
194584 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
réf. 1528318625.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0266887880.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0656428473.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1332820190.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1982réf. 91154Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1982. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Very good. iii 1 67 1 pages. Wraps. Tabular data. Erasure residue on front cover. Serial No. 97-105. This hearing was part of the legislative process to authorize appropriations for the NSF for the 1983 fiscal year. The United States National Science Foundation NSF is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about $9.9 billion fiscal year 2023 the NSF funds approximately 25% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields such as mathematics computer science economics and the social sciences the NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF's director and deputy director are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate whereas the 24 president-appointed members of the National Science Board NSB do not require U.S. Senate confirmation. The director and deputy director are responsible for administration planning budgeting and day-to-day operations of the foundation while the NSB meets six times a year to establish its overall policies. The U.S. National Science Foundation NSF was established by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950.8 Its stated mission is "to promote the progress of science to advance the national health prosperity and welfare and to secure the national defense".9 The NSF's scope has expanded over the years to include many areas that were not in its initial portfolio including the social and behavioral sciences engineering and science and mathematics education. The NSF is the only U.S. federal agency with a mandate to support all non-medical fields of research. Since the technology boom of the 1980s the U.S. Congress has generally embraced the premise that government-funded basic research is essential for the nation's economic health and global competitiveness and for national defense. This support has manifested in an expanding National Science Foundation budget from $1 billion in 1983 to $8.28 billion in 2020. NSF has published annual reports since 1950 which since the new millennium have been two reports variously called "Performance Report" and "Accountability Report" or "Performance Highlights" and "Financial Highlights"; the latest available FY 2013 Agency Financial Report was posted December 16 2013 and the six-page FY 2013 Performance and Financial Highlights was posted March 25 2013. More recently the NSF has focused on obtaining high return on investment from their spending on scientific research. Various bills have sought to direct funds within the NSF. In 1981 the Office of Management and Budget OMB introduced a proposal to reduce the NSF social sciences directorate's budget by 75%. Economist Robert A. Moffit suggests a connection between this proposal and Democratic senator William Proxmire's Golden Fleece Award series criticizing "frivolous" government spending — Proxmire's first Golden Fleece had been awarded to the NSF in 1975 for granting $84000 to a social science project investigating why people fall in love. Ultimately the OMB's 75% reduction proposal failed but the NSF Economics Program budget did fall 40%. In 2012 political science research was barred from NSF funding by the passage of the Flake Amendment breaking the precedent of granting the NSF autonomy to determine its own priorities. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
réf. 0656383100.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1992réf. 49624Washington DC: GPO 1992. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. very good. 2 v 1 59 1 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. The National Technology Initiative NTI was launched by presidential initiative in early 1992. Fourteen regional conferences were held across the nation during that year. NTI's main goal was to promote U.S. technological competitiveness by increasing the effectiveness of industry/government partnerships. Each conference addressed specific regionally significant areas of technology and included exhibits staffed by federal agencies universities and laboratories. These conferences gave federal agencies a high-visibility way to reach and tell industry what federal technology transfer was all about and how industry could participate. They also addressed financing research licensing agreements and cooperative agreements between government and industry. GPO paperback
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