• In addition, limits on party spending would be effective only if spending by supporters and pressure groups were also controlled.

    ECONOMIST: Fuelling the political machine

  • Researchers are testing a possible long-term fix for dangerously high pressure that can't be controlled with multiple medications.

    NPR: Heart Repair Breakthroughs Replace Surgeon's Knife

  • From Italy to Japan there is a host of evidence that state-controlled banks come under pressure to direct loans to favoured constituencies and to keep uncompetitive companies alive with subsidised credit (see article).

    ECONOMIST: Bank bail-outs

  • It uses no other motors, and the strength of the grasp is controlled by a change in air pressure, making the hand quite dextrous.

    ENGADGET: Robotic hand controlled by compressed air grasps the concept of delicacy

  • Far more significant is the strategic message that in spite of the Baker-Hamilton report, and notwithstanding the growing pressure from public opinion and a Democrat-controlled Congress, this president will not in his remaining two years concede defeat and abandon Iraq to its fate.

    ECONOMIST: George Bush and Iraq

  • They finally buckled under the pressure in the 72nd minute when Abed Benchergui superbly controlled Moulay Haddou's pass with his head inside the box before volleying the ball across the face of goal where Mamadou Diallo glanced his header off the far upright and into the net.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | USMA 1-1 Jeanne d'Arc

  • The machines allow sewing patterns and operations to be standardized across a group of workers by automatically controlling the stitch, pressure of the needle and its speed, which is normally controlled by a foot pedal.

    WSJ: Sewing Machines Go High-Tech

  • With health budgets that need to be controlled and the Cancer Drugs Fund in the UK under pressure, the elephant in the room is the cost of the drug in the first place.

    BBC: Do drugs really have to be so expensive?

  • Thanks to pressure from environmental activist groups, a 2007 law passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress and signed by Republican President George W. Bush will make the sale of standard incandescent 100-watt bulbs illegal effective January 1, 2012, 75-watt bulbs on Jan. 1, 2013, and 60- and 40-watt bulbs as of Jan. 1, 2014.

    FORBES: How Many Politicians Are Needed To Screw Up A Light Bulb?

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