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...sights on a bootleg version, Samways says that the Air Multiplier's deceivingly simple structure is the result of a laborious design process that can't be easily copied. "We have many patents on this [fan], on the impeller, aerofoil and product development," he says. Whether those patents can stand up to the sheer bureaucracy of enforcing them in China remains to be seen...
...single most effective tool to help the underemployed and jobless out of their rut become all the more unreachable. Though the government and private donors have stepped in to ease the financial crunch, the runaway costs of higher education threaten to make it unaffordable, especially to those who stand to gain the most from it. As the College Board report makes clear, the real-world benefit of college is not simply academic: the unemployment rate for those with bachelor's degrees is just half that for people with high school diplomas alone. Among those with bachelor's degrees, the median...
...ambitious overhaul. It was also no surprise that Senate majority leader Harry Reid would invite the American Medical Association (AMA) and 10 other doctors' groups in for a meeting. But what came out of that session, critics say, is too high a price for maintaining physicians' backing: a stand-alone, unfunded bill on the Senate floor this week that would hand doctors $247 billion more than they would otherwise get for their Medicare services over the next 10 years. (Read "Understanding the Health-Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide...
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...pressure on Mugabe. "The effectiveness of the decision to enter into a 'symbolic' boycott will be determined by the strategies, if any, that the MDC has put in place to leverage real change from this public expression of dissatisfaction," Alexander says. (Read "Does Zimbabwe's Unity Government Stand a Chance...