• Depending on whether an object hitting us were a fast-moving comet or a slower asteroid, it would need to be about 2.5 miles across to set in motion the process of reducing light and destroying photosynthesis, without both of which Homo sapiens and the other forms of life on our planet could not survive.

    FORBES: Space: Our Ticket to Survival

  • But former health minister Lord Warner argued that the NHS "hears the signals it wants to hear" and would take away the impression that it did not need to worry too much about competition and that reform could be delayed.

    BBC: NHS 'needs radical change quite quickly'

  • When asked whether he supported a recent proposal by 12 white lawmakers for an apology to African Americans whose ancestors were brought to the United States as slaves, Clinton said he would need time to think about it.

    CNN: AllPolitics - Clinton: Can U.S. Become A 'Truly Multiracial Democracy'?

  • Any bank with its headquarters in Scotland would need certainty about which central bank it could turn to for money when markets freeze - which central bank would be its lender of last resort.

    BBC: Could RBS stay in an independent Scotland?

  • Regardless of which it is, the full-day drives contemplated above would safely need about 50 percent greater range.

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  • The financial case for immediate disclosure of the bank fund-raisings is that there is uncertainty about which banks need what - and it would help investors' confidence for them to know which banks are seen as weakest.

    BBC: Southern European banks need most capital

  • "An oil company would need to hire about 15 lawyers just to argue it won't break any environmental regulations, " Gheit says.

    FORBES: Not In My Backyard

  • Criticism of how business schools may have helped create the end of the business world as we know it would seem to echo Gordon-Howell's point about the need for more emphasis on ethics.

    ECONOMIST: The Gordon-Howell report of 1959

  • Its 10-year government bonds yielded about 7% at the end of March, prompting fears it would need outside aid to finance itself.

    WSJ: Slovenia Bond Sale Postponed

  • It was a scary time worrying about what would happen should the girls or I get sick enough to need medical care.

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  • Each automaker would have a significant range of choices about the sounds it chooses for its vehicles, but the characteristics of those sounds would need to meet certain minimum requirements.

    ENGADGET: NHTSA details new sound requirements for hybrids and EVs travelling under 18 mph

  • Transport minister Simon Burns said that the fares and ticketing review was "not about squeezing more revenue out of regulated fares and that any changes stemming from it would need to be balanced and fair".

    BBC: Higher peak-time rail fares opposed

  • When it came to making a decision about a tablet I would have jumped at Surface, rejected the iPad because I need to type, and took the ASUS ultra only because nothing on the market at the time served my needs.

    FORBES: Microsoft's Apple Killer Strategy - Options

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