How those stresses coalesce and take shape over the course of long careers playing football is what Harvard researchers, and partners from other institutions, will be trying to pinpoint.

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He is also armed with strong planning approval and veto powers that hand him a direct say over which projects are built and what physical shape the city will take over the next four years.

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But Sony's own divisions are at odds over how this future will take shape and which Sony product line--PlayStation, TV, Vaio--should occupy the central role.

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The bell curve of human foibles will keep its shape even after 10-mbps cable modems take over our homes.

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"We and the governing bodies will continue to engage constructively with all stakeholders over the coming months as the proposals take shape, " he said.

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Their first winemaker developed a drinking problem, and when John Shafer finally convinced his son, by then a graduate of UC Davis's viticulture program, to take over as winemaker, the cellar was in abominable shape, full of mold, spoiled wine and a bacterial taint called Brettanomyces, which spoiled their 1981 vintage.

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We watched how they used it, took our findings back to the engineers, iterated, and then did the same thing again and again, until slowly, over time, the product we have today began to take shape.

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Now, some of that is unavoidable because they really do need to strengthen -- you know, the banking sector was in bad shape and it was over-leveraged and we really did need to take some steps to shore up the banking system.

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