It will include immigration reform, tougher measures to stem an epidemic of gun violence, new measures to curb the emissions of carbon gases, new spending that not only build and repair infrastructure but prepare for the green technology jobs of tomorrow.

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What makes nature intrinsically alright, and what makes our technology and our willpower to overcome our nature, to repair and rehabilitate ourselves, invalidate our full return to society and to competition?

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Verizon said Wednesday that it planned to offer telephone service to those residents though Verizon Voice Link, a wireless technology that will connect to their home telephones, rather than repair the underground cables.

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Firm or slightly higher HDD pricing will help the industry invest in new capital equipment to repair the flood damage as well as invest in capital required for volume increases and technology transitions expected in the next few years.

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Naughton's technology may someday allow doctors to fix ailing bodies in the same way that mechanics repair cars.

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One technology highlighted by NASA is solid freeform fabrication, a process that could be used to support fabrication and repair of large space structures, spacecraft primary structure and replacement components.

MSN: Future astronauts may rely on made-in-space parts