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...willing to bet that no one has ever called [Harvard Bioscience] to register for a class, and no one has ever called [Harvard University] to buy a pump," said Frank Levy, an attorney for Harvard Bioscience...
...they kept Harvard Apparatus or Harvard Pump Company or Harvard Equipment Company, that...does not confuse the public," said Joel R. Leeman, an attorney working for the University. "But once it switches to Harvard Bioscience, it sounds like an arm of Harvard University...
...surface it would seem foolish after such a close election for Bush to savage the green agenda. But many environmentalists fear that Bush would have to repay his campaign backers, notably oil and timber interests that drill, pump and chop for a living...
...cars, and partly because the two-seater isn't as practical as the Prius. Measured against the 17 million cars and trucks sold yearly in the U.S., it is a modest beginning. A major obstacle: the price trade-off for being green. Savings at the pump--magnified by this year's gasoline-price jumps--are offset by the $20,000 cost of either car. That's several thousand dollars more than similar-size conventional models. If proposed federal tax incentives--pushed by an unusual alliance of automakers and environmentalists--ultimately pass, "there could be a hybrid in every garage," says...
...rest, as they say, is history. Johnson, a small-town prodigy called the Professor by his high school buddies, had wrought one of the best-selling toys ever: the Super Soaker, a pump-action water gun capable of streaming water 50 feet. In the 12 years since he first got U.S. Patent No. 4,591,071 for the "squirt gun," as it is listed in official government records, more than 200 million Super Soakers have been sold. Revenue estimates for the gun range as high as $400 million. "Lonnie is the American success story," says Dick Apley, director of independent...