As the curricula of American universities and as the research agendas migrate closer and closer and closer to the private sector there is less and less room and less and less incentive and less and less money available to pursue the more basic inquiry and the more basic research that may be unrelated to any direct application.

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Basic lines of inquiry were never pursued - including taking key statements from Ms Moore and her family and investigating complaints against Dyche.

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By basic learning I mean basic research, fundamental inquiry, learning that does not translate itself easily into applied economic value.

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The report also found police failed to follow up "basic" lines in the inquiry, including a failure to obtain statements from the victim or eyewitness, and a failure to arrest and interview Grant while examining his car.

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Meanwhile, the inquiry into the Newsnight broadcast has identified "unacceptable" failings and said basic journalistic checks were not completed.

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An inquiry by BBC Scotland director Ken MacQuarrie concluded that Newsnight had failed to complete "basic journalistic checks".

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In other words, the Supreme Court laid out a balancing test of sorts: a basic need for executive confidentiality and candor, weighed against the public interests of congressional oversight, a criminal inquiry or prosecution.

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