He infuriated his left-leaning colleagues with his hostility to science and technology, his willingness to engage the right wing in environmental policy discussions and his sometimes reactionary social views; he wrote, for example, that one tragic consequence of industrialization was that it forced women to work outside the home.
These survey findings provide the first national exploration of how owners of 1- and 2-family sprinkler-equipped homes came to live in those homes; their experiences with the technology; their willingness to pay for RSS; and their support for policies to mandate sprinkler systems in all new 1- and 2-family homes.
The genetic design of future offspring, even with the limited objective of making these future children more "normal," will open the door to attempts to pick and choose other characteristics, because definitions of normality will vary, as will access to technology and willingness to take risks with future lives.
Whiddett et al. [ 3] pointed out that patients' attitudes towards new technology and willingness to share their health information are important factors for the successful adoption of electronic records.
The technology exists; the willingness to invest in that technology up front may or may not exist".
Brought together by officials of the Alliance for Downtown New York, Mr. Vanech and Mr. McNeil found they shared a common view of the use of technology and a willingness to structure an unusual deal.
"But thanks to modern technology, and the willingness of people to commit suicide, really angry individuals can now kill millions of people if they can get the right materials.
Food scientists could have a field day with things like his apparent belief that dietary cholesterol is among the "crucial nutrients," his vagueness about just what is involved in food-irradiation technology, or his willingness to accept vanillin as responsible for the chemical subtleties of real vanilla's flavor.
The design of technology impacts the willingness of teachers to implement new technology; evaluators examining implementation obstacles can help improve design.
And with the creation of the Ontario Science and Innovation Council (OSIC) in December 1999, the government is further demonstrating a broad interest in science and technology and a willingness to listen to stakeholders in academia and industry.
