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...McCall, as TXU's head of wholesale operations, says he needs a low-cost, reliable supply of electricity fast. Plans for nuclear facilities will take nearly a decade to develop. Coal is quicker. Using the company's new "lean academy" philosophy (based on Toyota's manufacturing system), TXU can build all 11 coal-fired plants, cookie-cutter style, with the first online in 2009. Coal gasification simply isn't in TXU's plans, primarily because of problems with the high moisture content of the cheaper Texas and Wyoming coal it buys. Waiting until the next decade, when new technologies...
Before Iraq, the technology of arm prostheses hadn't changed much since World War II. The tiny population of amputees created little market incentive. Miguelez used the burst in demand from Walter Reed to lean on manufacturers for progress. Before long, he was outfitting Iraq war amputees with an electronic hand that opened and closed 2 1/2 times faster and could be programmed to function at different speeds and grip strength...
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...scheme. Last season, Dawson was forced into more carries when several receivers were sidelined with injuries. While he had a successful season, Dawson was also hampered by nagging injuries that kept him out of practice and reduced his effectiveness. In 2006, it appears that the offense will once again lean on Dawson for the first few games of the year until Witt finds his footing. Dawson has victimized Holy Cross several times in the past, amassing 583 yards and eight touchdowns in four career games against the Patriot League foe. The Crusaders were also the victim of Dawson?...
...What?s more, Boeing, which had been considered the front-runner for the new contract, has hardly distinguished itself in space of late. It is the prime contractor for the incomplete and largely useless International Space Station, a project that was originally envisioned as a lean, $8 billion operation and is now projected to cost a cool $100 billion. That?s by no means all Boeing?s fault, but nor is it to the company?s credit...