Whether this consumer power can stretch into citizen power is an open question.

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Splits within the party already apparent when Labour was last in power had burst into the open more violently in opposition.

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Achieving greater clarity in government policies, avoiding the temptation to micromanage markets, and remaining open to innovation should be overarching strategies that take into account the shifting international balance of power.

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Toronto's Northland Power wants to convert an old open-pit iron ore mine in Ontario into a waterfall five times the height of Niagara Falls, which could be used to generate power.

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The portable programmer, which plugs into the DC port under the locks, can also open any door, even providing power through that port to trigger the mechanism of a door lock in which the battery has run out.

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Much of that money has been, er, sunk into developing buoys that are supposed to wring juice out of the raw power of the open ocean.

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