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"The hope would be that this is actually pointing toward some deficiency in the models, or some extra physics that we're not aware of, and maybe spark a whole new research direction, " White said.

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But if you do your research, carefully analyze the results, find strengths, identify hurdles and seize upon opportunities, building clusters will aid job creation, re-purpose idle assets, and spark business opportunities that are less susceptible to off-shoring.

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Mr. Stephan re-emerged in June, in a case that helped spark the current foreclosure turmoil.

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And this helped to spark the deepest recession since the Great Depression, from which we're still recovering.

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At the recent World Economic Conference in Davos, Google Chief Executive EricSchmidtEric Schmidt said mobile Internet services have the potential to spark a "huge revolution" in the coming year, comparable to the "re-creation of the Internet" and the personal computer.

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