Word: switch
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...this list of potential applications--and their untapped economic potential--that has attracted so much interest. The U.S. Navy and Army are investigating diamond's usefulness both as a next-generation power-grid switch and as a wear-resistant coating for military equipment. Gemesis, a Sarasota, Fla., company that has been selling man-made gemstones for four years, sets aside a chunk of its R&D budget for the electronics industry. Even DeBeers, the dominant producer of mined gemstone diamonds, has acknowledged the la- tent power of synthetic diamonds (the preferred industry term). DeBeers has maintained a small business selling...
...Boston software engineer who runs reviews of more than 3,300 snacks on taquitos.net and for the past three years has been an attendee at Snaxpo, the snack-food industry's annual trade show. He bemoans the loss of fried flavor in Cape Cod--brand potato chips after their switch to canola oil. "Snacks aren't supposed to be healthy," he says. "They're supposed to taste good." Those are the kinds of statements that get you high fives in the back rooms of Snaxpo...
...Most people don't realize that China has 55 ethnic minorities. An abrupt switch to a democratic system would probably prove disastrous. A strong central government exercising a bit of authoritarianism is probably not the worst evil for China at this point in time. China has made substantial progress in integrating capitalist reforms, which have brought immeasurable economic benefits. As the century moves along, the government will gradually relax its policies and adopt concepts like intellectual-property rights and maybe even human rights. I look forward to TIME's regular section on China. George Lu Rockville, Maryland...
...Brain Rewires Itself" on my office wall. It's further encouragement that you can stop your brain from rewiring itself into depression, anxiety and addiction. As a board-certified cognitive behavioral therapist, I've had great success training people to emerge from depression using simple exercises to switch their neural activity from the feeling part of the brain to the thinking part of the brain. Biology is not destiny. Will is destiny...
...lights go on When customers--here, the NFL--flip the switch, the electricity is delivered, as always, by a local utility. In buying RECs, however, they have helped offset carbon emissions by resupplying the grid with green power...