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...many ways, he may have as well been speaking about the American Republic. What the riots in France teach us is that not only French prosperity, but also the future of American prosperity rests on the crucial task of ensuring that our economy grows to lift even the most disadvantaged to fulfill their potential...
...product [will get] more brand exposure." For the $920 million Elizabeth Arden, which two weeks ago cut its 2006 fiscal earnings forecast because of depressed consumer spending in Europe, Prevage could help it break through the cluttered $7 billion antiaging skin-care market--and give its sagging profits a lift...
...suspect that the unique popularity of the earlier novels had intimidated her editors and petrified their blue pencils. Whatever the reason, Goblet consumed 734 pages, more than the length of the first two books combined. It was a challenge for kids not just to read the book but to lift it. (Isometric exercises for fifth graders?) Rowling took the first 100 pages to describe just two main scenes: a fleeting glimpse of arch-villain Voldemort and his abettors, and the Quidditch World Cup, disrupted by V?s shrouded hooligans...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Jeff Prough scored a power-play goal with 38 seconds to play to lift Brown to a 4-3 win over Clarkson on Friday night. Brian Ihnacak scored a goal and had two assists, while Prough and Matt Vokes had a goal and an assist each for the Bears (1-2-0, 1-2-0 ECAC), who led 3-2 after two periods. Antonin Roux also scored for the Bears, who went 3-for-9 on the power play. Shea Guthrie had two goals to lead Clarkson (5-3-1, 1-1-1), his second...
Walk Man Inventor: Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba Availability: Near future, $14,000-$19,000 To Learn More: sanlab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp Enter ... Mecha-Grandma! Japanese researchers have developed a robotic exoskeleton to help the elderly and disabled walk and even lift heavy objects like the jug of water above. It's called the Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL. (The inventor has obviously never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Its brain is a computer (housed in a backpack) that learns to mimic the wearer's gait and posture; bioelectric sensors pick up signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles...