Behind the till in the basement of Hatchards, a bookshop in London's Piccadilly, is a high shelf, well out of customers' reach, with a row of paperbacks.

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"Reduced sea-ice conditions and unusually high air temperatures have facilitated the ice shelf losses this summer, " said Dr Luke Copland from the University of Ottawa.

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As High Tech migrated to high culture, off-the-shelf interiors have been replaced by a custom-designed, techno-style with a superchromed, supercool look so far from inspired make-do that it speaks as clearly of cost as of an industrial aesthetic.

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Shelf-like metal beds, three-high, topped with a thin mattress are bolted to the thick walls.

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Those ridiculous collectors editions with high profits on cheap plastic that take up so much shelf space that only game specialty stores like GameStop are willing to put up with outside of internet warehouses?

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Ronnie Ludwig, of accountants Saffery Champness, said the High Court ruling meant that users of other "off the shelf" tax avoidance schemes could no longer sleep easily.

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This is simpler, faster and cheaper than the lawyer-intensive process of negotiating bilateral licences for intellectual property, the high cost of which discriminates against small companies, leaves patents unused on the shelf and hampers innovation.

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