Word: switches
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...while it rewired its electronics business, Philips expanded in health care and lighting. The gradual switch to greener lighting and the rising sums being spent on health care for aging populations offered Philips the prospect of steadier growth. Flush with cash from selling unwanted units, Philips has splashed more than $7 billion on lighting and health-care companies, from Genlyte, a U.S. commercial lighting-fixtures firm it bought in November for $2.7 billion--the biggest buy it ever completed--to Lifeline, a Massachusetts-based provider of home medical-alert systems...
...Athletic Department struck again this year with its push to switch many junior varsity teams to club status...
...Harvard switch to a full court press, Harris pulls down the board. Good tactics by Amaker. Housman drops the basket on the other end AND gets fouled. Still some life left for Harvard. Of course, Housman nails the free throw. Columbia 69, Harvard...
...Cornell has switched to man defense. The new look defense immediately forces a Housman turnover. Good tactical switch by Steve Donahue, Cornell's head coach. Amaker calls a timeout. Let's see if Amaker can match Donahue strategically tonight...
Industry groups like the Renewable Fuels Association criticized the studies for being too simplistic, and failing to put biofuels in context. And it's true that the switch to biofuels can have benefits that go beyond climate change. Biofuels tend to produce less local pollution than fossil fuels, one reason why Brazil - which gets 30% of its automobile fuel from sugar-cane ethanol - has managed to reduce once stifling air pollution. In the U.S., switching to domestically produced biofuels helps cut dependence on foreign oil, and boosts income for farmers. But in all of these cases, the benefits now seem...