Japanese zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera, who was on board the submersible at the time of the encounter, was able to lure the giant squid with a one-meter (three-foot) -long diamond squid.

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The journey also incorporates time off the train to encounter the cultures, food and people of Ecuador a little closer at hand.

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Education is not my area, but a knowledge of economics and industrial structure is something that I encounter all the time in teaching in such fields as regulated industries and antitrust law.

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Similarly, while the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could use its authority under Obamacare to pass a regulation that states simply that all Americans have a right to know the price of their health care, this too would take time and could encounter stiff political resistance.

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From the start, the group knew (because I told them) they were going to encounter many cultural differences during their time on the project team and this process of seeking to understand the differences right when they occurred made sure no one took a cultural faux pas as a personal slight or direct insult.

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Just after the trial ended, Ruehle began writing his account of his time at Broadcom, the events leading up to his leaving the company and his 3-year encounter with the U.S. criminal justice system.

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