Shigeru Ban, born in Japan in 1957, is an exemplar of the radical contemporary architect who is as much inspired by structural engineering problems, unfavourable site conditions and budgetary limitations as by anything more positive.

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Decent governance, rule of law and a willingness to employ science, such as genetic engineering, to conduct agriculture under stressed conditions (here the European Union is complicit in Luddite folly) could foster a breadbasket.

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The minister said the contract also showed that "despite the current difficult economic conditions, local manufacturers in sectors such as engineering can compete and above all succeed in export markets".

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If business conditions are getting more difficult, a bit of financial engineering will help.

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The industry has been engineering ways to management hydrate formation for years, but under easier operating conditions than this.

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