In recent decades research and development activities in the United States have been
A) funded primarily by universities and nonprofit institutions.
B) carried out by independent inventors inside commercial research laboratories.
C) noticeably declining in importance as a source of economic growth.
D) generally directed toward making incremental improvements rather than major advances.
E) directed primarily toward achieving civilian rather than military or political objectives.

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According to the passage, research and development activities in the US have been "generally directed toward making incremental improvements rather than major advances." This suggests that the focus has been on small, gradual developments rather than game-changing breakthroughs.

In Recent Decades Research and Development Activities in the United