Byrne argues in The Secret for the power of positive thoughts, which she says will act like magnets to bring things your way, helping you identify and externalize your internal strengths and capabilities.

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Alternatively, this information could have been obtained by Soviet Colonel-General Albert Makashov, commander of the huge Siberian military district and a unabashed advocate of the assertive use of Soviet military power, who held secret meetings with the Iraqi Foreign Minister in Baghdad shortly before the invasion of Kuwait.

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But observers say the scandal lifts the lid on a secret power struggle going on behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church.

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In his upcoming book, bestselling author Robert Greene turns his attention from the laws of power, seduction and war to the secret path taken by all top performers.

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The Mac Pro, possibly Apple's worst kept secret in the last couple of years picks up where the Power Cheesegrater Power Mac G5 left off, with the same cheese grating action, but a whole lot more under the hood.

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In the a competitive world of finance, many banks prefer to keep their computing power a company secret.

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The company was formed by three former Analog Devices engineers to replace silicon in semiconductors with a low-power gallium arsenide concoction that TRW once used to pass reams of top-secret data through satellites.

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Unless Fiat-Chrysler has a secret plan to power cars with giant, watch-like mainsprings, electrification (along the spectrum of hybrid, plug-in, and battery-electric vehicle designs) will be a growing part of the product story in the U.S. Why curse it?

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