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Butcher's choice: If all the pork were cut from the FY 2006 budget for PV R&D, the US industry could be looking at a budget of about $75 million. Otherwise, the amount could drop to $62.3 million, the lowest level seen in nine years – and a shadow of the money available back in 1980.

William P. Hirshman
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