Add to this the need for an extremely cheap solution, and some lateral thinking is necessary.

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Even if they are wrong, a little lateral thinking may help shake up the field.

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So pursuing reform while maintaining a minimum of democratic legitimacy requires a degree of lateral thinking or even subterfuge.

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These modern methods bring a far broader range of material and, even more important for those keen on knowledge, far more possibilities for lateral thinking.

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We need high schools that produce in students the kind of skills necessary for the modern economy: flexibility, creativity, social intelligence, lateral thinking, entrepreneurial spirit.

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Computers can recognise a well-folded protein when presented with one, but actually finding it calls for the sort of pattern recognition and lateral thinking that they struggle with.

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That is lateral thinking taken to genius level.

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It demonstrated the potential for bold, lateral thinking.

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In their quest to make small-scale satellites ever more accessible and capable, the company has invested its own time and money in an experiment combining engineering know-how with lateral thinking and an entrepreneurial wiliness to take a chance.

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Encourage lateral or associative thinking by rubbing together different groups, cultures, skill sets, and department silos.

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