Search Details

Word: protectant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...after considering all these alternatives, staying in your house doesn't look possible, try one of two other fixes. Neither will protect your house, but both can protect your credit rating. The first is called a "preforeclosure sale." It will allow you to sell your property (while living there) and move on in an organized fashion. The second is called a "deed in lieu of foreclosure." That's when you give your house to the lender and the lender disposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curing the Late-Payment Blues | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...enhanced through nanotechnology. To be sure, most nanotech companies are still investing more in R. and D. than they are collecting in revenue. But many commercial applications are in advanced stages of development or already on sale: handheld devices that can sense anthrax spores, hand cream that can protect us from them and computer chips that are faster, cheaper and cooler (we're talking temperature here, not hipness) and retain data even when the power is shut off. Says Richard Smalley, a Rice University professor and Nobel-prizewinning chemist: "We are only beginning to see the things nanotechnology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nanotechnology: Very small Business | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...working to convince tire manufacturers that by sealing their wheels with his technology instead of butyl rubber, the current sealant, they can produce tires that run cooler and safer, are lighter and increase a car's fuel efficiency. The U.S. Army has asked InMat to develop gloves that will protect soldiers from chemical agents. Goldberg's funding has come mostly from an angel investor and grants, which means he is still on the prowl for cash. "It's been a battle," he says. "It's still a battle. But we're looking at enormous growth prospects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nanotechnology: Very small Business | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Swiss bank accounts for about an hour. Francesco Cossiga, former President of the Republic and a sometime Berlusconi ally, said the rush to pass the change of venue law before the Milan verdicts are reached has "thrown a shadow'' over what otherwise would be a reasonable proposal to protect rights of the accused. Cossiga told TIME he believes Berlusconi and Previti should agree not to invoke the statute in their cases if the law is approved. Cossiga added that if ultimately found guilty, Berlusconi should resign. While leaving his conflict-of-interest legislation on the back burner despite a campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standing Up for the Accused | 9/22/2002 | See Source »

...undertaking the difficult task of building a bridge between the armed forces and the world of academia. ROTC should receive the full support of the nation’s universities, as the freedoms around which academic life revolves are the very freedoms that ROTC students fight and die to protect. Instead it is not only under-supported but also undermined...

Author: By Zachary K. Goldman, | Title: Cadets Deserve Support | 9/17/2002 | See Source »

Previous | 718 | 719 | 720 | 721 | 722 | 723 | 724 | 725 | 726 | 727 | 728 | 729 | 730 | 731 | 732 | 733 | 734 | 735 | 736 | 737 | 738 | Next