Using Linux-based servers working in parallel, they generate a computer model of how a drill bit must twist and turn to hit one or more formations as much as 9, 000 meters below the sea floor.

FORBES: The delicate art of sucking up

The Rubik's Cube--that maddening twistable puzzle that requires mental and digital dexterity to twist and turn bands on a cube until each side is a solid color--is making a comeback.

FORBES: That 1980s puzzle fad is back. No batteries required.

Mr Duncan follows these roots as they twist and turn through history, sometimes atrophying for centuries, only to be revived within a particular society, by the influence of visionary leaders and scientific discoveries from abroad.

ECONOMIST: Late for the date

The company could have continued to litigate the case for years, attempting to prove that it had spoken truthfully about its offshore labor practices, but it understood that every new twist and turn in the litigation would amount to millions of dollars in bad publicity for a company that spent millions trying to build and maintain its brand.

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