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... For example, the near-demise of the traditional electrical power option in engineering curricula had major repercussions when the energy crisis arrived in 1973; and the decline of interest in manufacturing engineering has no doubt figured in the gradual loss of goods production to factories abroad in recent years. The panel believes that there is a strong imbalance in the overall impact that government spending has on the commercial sector and on defense.
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  • engineering curricula
  • postwar period
  • government spending


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