21.   Americans expect basic research to pay off in dollars and cents.

22.   And basic research on why people become obese is intertwined with investigation of the biological underpinnings of other eating disorders.

23.   As dean, Palm expanded the department by balancing basic research with applied studies.

24.   As part of the speech, he will announce plans to ask Congress to finance a National Nanotechnology Initiative to encourage basic research in the field.

25.   At the Defense Department, basic research spending has fallen for five years when inflation is considered.

26.   Basic research is the weak link in this picture.

27.   Basic research goes on, but the world has lacked a mechanism for turning promising research into working vaccines.

28.   Basic research into the wave of on-the-job surfing produces numbers which should concern employees as well as employers.

29.   Basic scientific research, sometimes criticized as a boondoggle that wastes public money, has been enlisted to save a buck.

30.   Basic research still seems removed from daily business, even if it starts with customer concerns.