He won the applause of his peers with his work on cobordism, a branch of maths that involves algebra and geometry.

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This concept of interaction turns out to be the key to a branch of robotics called corobotics, the idea of robots that work alongside humans.

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Through his work with the Tennessee branch of the insurance company, Smith has been able to land business with Blue Cross Blue Shield's other divisions.

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As the ranking man on the ground for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), his hands are also closest to the purse strings, since his State Department branch is funding and contracting out much of the work.

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The work will extend the West End branch of the Northern Line from Kennington to Battersea power station.

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The anti-cuts pressure group Right to Work occupied a Tesco branch in Westminster at the weekend and bombarded its HQ and that of other big high street names with demands that work be paid the minimum rate.

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Whether executive branch employees upheld the law regarding the separation of government duties and political work.

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This work involves coordinating efforts across the Executive branch to strengthen the current system and working toward passage of meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform legislation.

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But although the Tories succeeded in introducing a slightly tougher system for incapacity benefit, paid to people deemed incapable of work, they were too cowed by the powerful disability lobby to set about root-and-branch reforms.

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