The Web is a powerful example of the way that basic research benefits humankind.

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One of the most powerful findings of this research is that a compelling personal story helps tremendously to make the health care reform law real, break down resistance, tap into anger about how things were under the old system, provide hope for how health care reform can make it better, and help voters retain knowledge of key provisions.

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The way the data is collected and used is very powerful and there is a great deal of technology and research behind it.

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For UNESCO-IOC and the scientists who research and follow these powerful phenomena, the Caribbean is a case of when, not if.

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Over time it became clear that research support in the field was going to be circumscribed by a powerful and largely unspoken common objective.

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In 2003 he heard the tale of a cadre of crack engineers who had quit Cray Research, the old supercomputer maker, to explore bringing powerful features down to the world of cheap servers.

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And the other thing is, there are no powerful interests to lobby for a clean energy future that may be starting years from now, or the research that may lead to the life-saving medical breakthrough a decade from now.

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"Mean reversion is the most powerful and reliable driver in capital markets, " said Robert Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates, a Pasadena, Calif.

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