By treating it is a new powerful method of distribution, brands can prevent most mistakes before they happen.

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Then in 2005 a Greenpeace report accused the company of encouraging bottom trawling, a powerful fishing method that damages ocean ecosystems, with its purchase agreements.

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But there is another method and one that is arguably more powerful.

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Only recently, however, has the method become practical, thanks to vastly more powerful computers.

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Google 's page rank method can be as lucrative as it is powerful, and it is tempting to try to fiddle with the system.

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Ultra powerful lasers, such as Hiper, have been proposed as one method for reaching these extreme conditions, although many remain sceptical about the technique.

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In the couple of decades which have passed, courts have put some limits on business method patents but have allowed a lot of them to remain powerful weapons which motivate companies like AOL and Microsoft to buy and sell.

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Another spinoff from Lucasfilm was a project using powerful workstations to edit film on computers, thus relieving Lucas of the old cut-and-splice method.

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