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Thinking that we are in a world that has moved beyond race , particularly when we think about other countries , is a big mistake . As the seniormost procurement policy officials in the first Bush and the Clinton administrations , we both agree that this is a golden opportunity to launch a bipartisan effort to go beyond sensationalistic hearings and work constructively to improve a system that is responsible for spending 40 percent of the discretionary budget . In the heated political and media environment currently surrounding contracting , many are terrified , believing mistakes get them pilloried while accomplishments are ignored . In 1980 , 50 per cent of first-time grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health were under 40 years old . In sharp distinction to the situation in other industrial countries , there is an increasing move away from respecting the scientific method in US schools . Some surveys suggest that as many as 70 per cent of the American people agree with them . Veterans must wait from six months to two years to begin receiving the money that is due to them while the agency plods through paperwork . Beyond such Islamist aspirations , it is Iran ' s own war with Iraq that was , I think , mentioned by Senator Biden that continues to commission Ahmadinejad 's strategic assumptions . The Center disseminates this research via publications , instruction in the Kennedy School 's graduate and executive education programs , sponsorship of conferences and workshops , and interactions with policymakers , public managers , and other scholars . In the fiscal year 2006 , only 10 per cent of grant proposals to the NIH were funded , representing one of the lowest percentages ever . The pigeons appeared distressed in the extreme , and struggled to escape ; while the cat mewed piteously , and , with her tongue hanging out of her mouth , staggered to and fro in the car as if under the influence of poison . Now , lest I should be supposed more of a madman than I actually am , I will detail , as well as I am able , the considerations which led me to believe that an achievement of this nature , although without doubt difficult , and full of danger , was not absolutely , to a bold spirit , beyond the confines of the possible . And it ’ s also true in the anecdotal , historical evidence . It is a profoundly important economic question , but one whose implications go far beyond to embrace issues of national security and moral leadership . Today , that is closer to 20 per cent . It would afford me a chance of bringing to a kind of test the truth of a surmise , which , more than any thing else , had influenced me in attempting this ascension . There were , however , many particulars inducing me to believe that my average rate of travelling might possibly very much exceed that of sixty miles per hour , and , as these considerations did not fail to make a deep impression upon my mind , I will mention them more fully hereafter . In the U.S ., 60 percent of respondents believe that the poor are lazy .