The Swede, who has joined hometown club Helsingborg, often came off the bench to change the shape of a game - as he did so spectacularly in the Champions League final over Arsenal in May.

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And it could change the shape and form of how next-generation electronics are ultimately designed.

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But a filibuster over a nominee is a zero-sum game: you cannot change the shape of a person.

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No teleprompters and no ability to survive on 30 second hope and change filled one-liners would be allowed to shape this debate.

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STAM, an Italian engineering-research firm, on mannequins that change their size and shape to suit the garment being made.

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For example, it is offering a service to mobile-phone companies in which subscribers can go online to change the shape, colour and other features of the case of their new phone.

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With a multi-touch display - no keyboard or mouse here -- housed in what looks in size and shape like a chic coffee table, the company hope that the table-style computer will change the face of computing at the office and in the home over the next decade.

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Paradoxically, when we put in schemes to control our food intake or attempt to change our shape, we can think that we are taking charge and we gain some short-term relief from the constant judgmental noises inside our heads.

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