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Fri 8 Feb, 2008 07:37 pm
Quote:There are many more unnerving developments, and they add up to this: As other countries create the learning centers and jobs to hang on to their best and brightest, the United States is losing a dependable pipeline of talent. Moreover, we are doing remarkably little to educate and train a next generation of scientists and engineers.
Does "a pipeline of talent" suggest a continuous supply of talented people?
Yes, that is precisely what is meant in the text.
Not necessarily "continuous". The whole point of the extract is the assertion that having failed to create learning centres and suitable jobs, the USA is experiencing a reduction in the volume of talent issuing from the meatphorical "pipeline".
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