Once the hottest smartphone maker, Research in Motion has lagged Apple in terms of creativity and disruption, and Samsung in keeping up with the pack.

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The Women in Music Foundation , the members of the International Honour Committee , (comprising national associations, composers, musicologists and distinguished women), together with a network of musicians in 116 countries, gives visibility, safeguards and sustains research regarding historic artistic production, encourages contemporary creativity and the musical and cultural diversity of women composers.

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He likes that the work combines creativity with helping advance the state of medical research.

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The creativity versus practicality dissonance also manifested in aspects of Mueller's research.

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We also have to invest in innovation -- in American research and technology, in the work of our scientists and engineers, and in sparking the creativity and imagination of our people.

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