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From: wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf)
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Subject: Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Message-ID: <1658@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 88 22:29:40 GMT
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In article <3297@fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
>In article <1813@ihlpm.ATT.COM> seorcutt@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Sam (not Samantha) Orcutt) writes:
>
>	All sorts of stuff about how the Japanese cheat..deleted
>
[ All sorts of stuff about the US deleted ] 
>
>	Are you trying to tell me the Japanese are inherently capable of more
>than Americans; perhaps have some secret weapon?
>
>Nonsense!
>
Yes, perhaps they do have some "secret" weapon:  A better educational system!
One might also say that research&development are more heavily funded in other
countries (not just Japan.)


When I say better educational system, I only mean to imply that the average
worker in Japan/Europe is a more educated person than the average American
worker.



Tom Wolf
ARPA (I think): tw@cscosl.ncsu.edu
          or  wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu