"What this case points out is that the copyright statutes were written in an era when works of authorship were only available in tangible form, " said Jonathan Handel, an entertainment attorney at TroyGould.

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Reductions in class sizes have failed to produce tangible results in the form of higher grades.

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So how might these two apparently contradictory elements form some tangible paradox machine?

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Until one day, he felt a deep sense of conviction that he should take 100% of the energy he was dedicating to correcting this egregious wrong and instead pour it into his wife in the form of tangible affirmations and expressions of love.

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It is that tiny asymmetry which produced a universe with enough tangible stuff in it to form galaxies, stars, planets and, ultimately, people.

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But does protection, where it exists, provide more tangible benefits to specific shareholders in the form of valuation?

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Wells Fargo, for instance, has more money in second liens than it has tangible common equity, or the most solid form of capital.

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Not only would it generate more destruction than any other form of conflict, but our methods for preventing it are weaker, relying mainly on psychology rather than tangible defenses.

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