Word: chipping
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...process, they stumbled upon “black silicon,” a new chip which is inscribed with billions of spikes in the space of a human fingernail...
...extraordinary growth, and have made bets on the future that assume steady, rapid and sustained growth there. Forget about the obvious beneficiaries of the China boom, such as producers of oil and commodities. China's growth is a huge boost to American companies like Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar Tractor and chip-maker Texas Instruments. The beneficiaries also include service companies ranging from law firms and investment banks to environmental consultants...
...President, Felipe Calderon, is the creation of almost a million new, decent-paying jobs a year. But first, say most economists, Calderon has to accept a task that Mexican governments historically have dismissed - that is, regulate the monopolies, which lord over every industry from cement to broadcasting, and chip away at their epic privileges. The big reason for that urgency: the majority of Mexican workers are employed not by Big Business but by the nation's beleaguered small- and medium-sized enterprises...
...Democratic heavyweights, the panelists emphasized that the outcome of the 2008 campaign is largely uncertain. “The road to the White House is long and windy and there are a lot of dead carcasses of presidents of the United States,” said Huckabee campaign manager Chip Saltsman. The advisers were optimistic that their candidates could overcome their lack of name recognition and funding. “This could be the first You-Tube campaign,” Tyler said. “The money may not be that important,” he added...
...early victory: he got four of the U.S. Attorneys to testify, and two of them said they had felt political pressure. Bharara's next step could challenge presidential power. The White House has said Rove will talk only in private and without a transcript, but Bharara plans to chip away by expanding subpoena authority to cover two of Rove's deputies--Scott Jennings and Sara Taylor--and to ask for more White House documents...