The most effective leaders, such as David Lilienthal at the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s or James Webb at NASA in the 1960s, were given some budgetary cover from Congress so they could engage in long-term planning that improved the infrastructure of rural areas or allowed us to make huge advances in our understanding of space.
Until companies expand director searches, it is unlikely women will make significant advances in boardroom representation.
Scientists continue to make major advances in 3D-printing technology for the medical community and for wider consumer applications.
The argument is easier to make where profits are invested in medical advances that can save lives and increased productivity that will make further inroads in steadily decreasing world hunger.
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It might just be a matter of time until advances in miniaturization make wearable cellphones a lot more feasible, but in the interim Motorola is working on splitting up the phone up a handful of different devices (possibly using IXI's Personal Mobile Gateway technology, though the article doesn't specifically say).
Exponential advances in technology now make it possible, said co-founder and co-chairman Peter Diamandis, for small companies to accomplish what once required the backing of governments or large corporations.
There are even ETFs that let investors gain twice the exposure to market volatility, which can be used to make bets on both advances and declines in the market.
Smart cities and homes have gained extra urgency in recent years because advances in technology now make a lot of innovations like shutting off your air conditioner from the car practical and economical.
Investors and analysts have been questioning whether it is possible to make money from its far-reaching advances in modern medical research.
But for those who fly for themselves, or who might be interested in giving it a try, these advances could make it much safer, easier, and less time-consuming to be a pilot in the near future.
Church, who maintains a thick mountain-man beard, says that advances in data and in medicine make it impossible to guarantee anonymity for most medical experiment volunteers.
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There are many reasons golf has lost 30% of its avid players since 2000, but all those advances in technology, touted to make the game more fun, don't seemed to have helped.
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Just as advances in technology have the power to make our lives better, they also force us to compete with other nations like never before.
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That will require further advances in laser welding and other bonding techniques to make production costs competitive.
So it would appear ignorance and lack of common sense are in abundance despite all the advances we collectively make every day.
Resources and financials make up the bulk of the Composite Index so without strong advances in those sectors, overall gains will be restrained.
Nokia researchers believe that advances in nanotechnology will give them the ingredients to make future mobile phones far thinner, more stretchable, more durable and more energy-efficient than contemporary devices.
In addition, web-based technologies and other software advances make customizing these systems simpler and more cost-effective.
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They have come to reject a peace process in which, as they see it, Palestinians are being offered minimal advances in terms of land and civilian control on condition that they make monumental concessions on Jerusalem, the refugees and settlements.
Huge advances in information technology and the availability of information make such markets eminently possible, he believes.
Najjair says the no-fly zone enforced in Libya last year helped rebel fighters and allowed them to make great advances.
Combined with advances in "solid state" internal storage and quicker broadband speeds that make downloads and streaming less painful, a post-DVD era could grease the skids for Apple and its competitors to make increasingly thin, light and inexpensive computers.
Such advances have pushed at least 21 states to require their utilities to make 90 percent reductions in mercury.
But Williams countered that the advances in communications technology that Jobs pushed underlay the ability of those angry people to make themselves heard.
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But recent technological advances and the development of sophisticated algorithms now make it possible to parse millions of DNA fragments in a matter of days.
Advances in computer-aided design and three-dimensional printing will allow firms to make products that are individually tailored to each customer in order to produce precisely the tool you want, or a prosthetic leg that fits perfectly for little more than the price of a mass-produced one.
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Mr. ADAM LECHMERE (Online Editor, Decanter.com): With the advances in technology, and with vineyard management techniques, it's not difficult to make good wine nowadays.
Advances in sensor systems, data availability, social technology, and other innovations have matured and converged to make 2012 a particularly exciting time in this field.
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