Success isn "t assured, of course. The technologies present difficult engineering challenges, and some require big scientific leaps in lab-created materials or genetically modified plants."

当然，这些技术并不一定能取得成功，它们目前都面临着不少难题，一些技术需要在实验室创造的材料和或转基因植物方面实现一些重大突破。

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Their conclusion: Big stars don't guarantee big success, and their big salaries are seldom justified.

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But I wouldn't cap pay for success, including at big banks.

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Such big-time success didn't seem probable back in 1977.

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