As political scientists say, reform is often a catalyst for revolution rather than a substitute for it.

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Some of the greatest poets of the past 200 years have had bipolar disorder, as have many artists, scientists and political leaders.

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Yet, because parties are necessarily alliances of disparate constituencies, political scientists have mainly regarded them as a healthy way of counteracting the power of single-issue interest groups.

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Despite enormous pressure, whether it is financial or political, it is a damaging culture to present data scientists as oracles on the mountaintop.

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While Indonesia's right to rule in Irian is not contested by the United Nations, as in the case of East Timor, the country's own political scientists have warned for some years of the risk of Balkanization should the imbalances between eastern and western Indonesia not be addressed.

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Working in close collaboration with gynecologist Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988, Dr. Edwards overcame entrenched political and religious hostility, as well as the disapproval of many other scientists at the time, to pioneer the basic techniques of human embryology that led to the birth of the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.

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But they're not: they have been subject to "adjustments" by scientists who, as we saw in the Climategate emails, have political motivations and a financial vested interest in exaggerating the extent of "global warming".

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As the election progressed, I met with student activists, campaign volunteers, and political scientists in Mexico City.

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Some argue that scientists who favour stronger policies to improve the environment must use the same tactics as any other political lobby from steel companies fighting for tariffs on imports to farmers demanding more subsidies.

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