41.   Ten million people are problem drinkers, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a federal office that finances research on substance abuse.

42.   That marks an emphasis on original thinking that has rarely existed in Japan, where corporations bent on pragmatic discoveries have generally financed important research.

43.   The foundation coordinates and finances American research in Antarctica.

44.   The goal at the institute is to finance basic research, with no strings attached, so that brilliant researchers can make breakthroughs.

45.   The institute also says that its members are increasingly financing basic research at universities, while cutting back this work at corporate laboratories.

46.   The institutes finance biomedical research at universities around the country.

47.   The Japanese industry has also begun a small program to finance semiconductor research at universities, similar to one started many years ago by the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association.

48.   The institutes finance biomedical research on their own campus and at universities around the country.

49.   The matter was referred to federal investigators because the disputed research was federally financed.

50.   The office is financing research to investigate ways to improve energy efficiency in houses.