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Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.

Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.

Date6/10/1981
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  • Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
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