The three departures are unfortunate that's the view of Claude Canizares, vice president of research at MIT, who served on the council for ten years.

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"Deemed export controls have very limited efficacy for a relatively high cost of compliance, " says Claude Canizares, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's vice president for research.

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He was only a shot behind overnight leader Alejandro Canizares.

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Canizares, the son of four-time Ryder Cup star Jose Maria Canizares, would also become the first Spaniard to win a major since Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters in 1999.

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Molinari's superb four-under 68 in testing conditions has left the Italian Ryder Cup star one shot clear of South Africa's George Coetzee, Scotland's Marc Warren, Mark Foster of England and Spaniard Alejandro Canizares.

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But his performances have yet to convince Spain manager Luis Aragones, who has a plethora of world-class goalkeepers at his disposal, including Real Madrid's Iker Casillas, Valencia's Santiago Canizares and Liverpool's Pepe Reina.

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Germany's Martin Kaymer shot 68 to finish third on eight under with England's Lee Westwood (71), Sweden's Henrik Stenson (67) and Spain's Alejandro Canizares (71) eight shots back and American Dustin Johnson (69) nine behind.

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Mr. CLAUDE CANIZARES (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): These are excellent scientists, and two of them actually served as associate administrators within NASA. I think it's a shame not to have strongly opinionated but very smart people giving advice.

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