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What's more challenging are the attempts to create new needs, to exploit technologies to their maximum potential before it's evident anyone even wants them. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a team of researchers is working on a "hypersoap" that could revolutionize the way we shop. It takes the idea of TV product placement to its absolute extreme. Touch any item on the screen around the actors and you get product info. Necklace: J.C. Penney, $35. Tissue: Kleenex, $1.99. Book: Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte, $25. You can't get any more interactive than that. These people...
Defenders of these aquariums insist that their goal is to educate, not exploit. "There are billions of people who have no access to animals or [any way to] learn about nature," says Borguss. "People who leave here appreciate the animals." Discovery Cove produces curriculum guides and encourages its specialists to visit local schools. A federal study conducted last year appears to back up the claim that playing with people is no more harmful to the dolphins than performing for them. It found that 12 "interactive" dolphins exhibited no greater stress than their counterparts who simply took part in shows...
...last seen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The other half of RH's success was the comedic pairing, and the chemistry between the detectives. Chan and his self-effacing humor and ample physical comedy skills play well off Tucker's lanky antics and brash American swagger as they both exploit the cultural differences in their partnership. If there is a guaranteed profit-maker in the summer's lineup, this would be it . The first grossed...
...renewed. But renewal has been gaining political support in recent months, and a number of experts following the legislation expect Congress to move in that direction later this year. That, together with Bush's demands on Libya, makes it unlikely that American companies will be allowed to exploit Libyan oil any time soon. As a result, even if Wintershall fails to strike a deal, rights to exploit the rich Oasis oil concession could go to other non-U.S. competitors thought to be interested in the properties, including Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum, Total of France and other major companies...
Equally sobering is the fact that reform efforts inevitably have unintended consequences: the next generation of abuse and scandal. Soft money didn't exist until the 1980s, when political parties figured out a way to exploit loopholes in the last reform that Congress passed, opening the way for donors to give hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time under the guise of "party building." Even McCain acknowledges his bill would be at best a temporary fix, one that would work only until politicians and interest groups figure a way around...