He is also developing light-delivering goggles that are supposed to help people reset the circadian rhythms that govern when they nod off and wake up, so they fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer.
Then they nod, silent and reflective.
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Plus, they give a nod to The Great Gatsby, one of the lasting symbols of the American Dream.
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Critics point to the fact that, despite Bush officials' widely-publicised hostility to bail-outs, they gave the nod last year to rescue packages both for Argentina and for Turkey.
Germany's banks, which are in poor shape but which can continue to borrow cheaply because they have the backing of a government with strong finances, have given the nod that they expect to pass.
"Or, " she speculates, "maybe they don't really believe there is an afterlife, " in which case they include actors as a nod to their love of theater, not because they believe they will need entertaining.
Revolution Analytics Vice President Neera Talbert says she has learned, for instance, that when India-based engineers nod, they aren't necessarily agreeing.
Central banks want to be sure that any such bank can guard against any possibility of a systemic failure before they give it the nod.
Whoever gets the nod, they should expect a rough ride.
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Sources close to Najib and Abdullah say neither is about to go for the No.2 party post - but they concede that "a nod and wink" from Mahathir could mean a whole new ball game.
Their production is always extraordinary, and they know how to make heads nod, but lyrically?
This year's drawing, performed Wednesday, ended up with the Hornets getting the nod, even though they didn't have the league's worst record.
He insists that he will not give the nod to devolved policing until they are cleared up.
And then from an unlikely source, Wigan got the goal they deserved when Figueroa rose highest to nod home from Taylor's corner.
The version we saw today was running Windows 8, and the experience seemed solid enough, though it's clear that the company's prototypes still have a long way to go before they're ready for a final nod of approval.
"Rob and Owais are very good players and have Test experience so they are probably disappointed not to get the nod ahead of me, " said Joyce.
There had been a broad assumption that most banks under investigation were suspected of manipulating Libor submissions in the financial crisis period running from 2007-9 to appear healthier than they really were, sometimes allegedly with the implicit nod from policy makers.
People will nod and drink up, feeling better that they finally know the score.
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It does feel a bit like it, with a tacit nod along the way to those who feel they must turn to the private sector to get one, small part of the job done.
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All neatly crafted statements with a nod to UEFA and with perhaps a hope that they show mercy in the future.
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With the recent inception of HelloGiggles into the online world, one can only hope that other girls take note and begin creating their own sites with excellent content as a nod to the big sister that taught them what they needed to know.
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"Ask them what they want to talk about, " he said, perhaps with a nod to our own conversations.
But the India team, in a rush to open stores, on several occasions started work on sites as soon as it got the nod from the India committee, according to people who said they had observed the practice.
Or, most stirringly, far from the block they shared, at adjacent bookstalls in Union Square on a hot Saturday noon, where they honored the strangeness of detecting each other so far afield with a curt nod.
Yet even the people who would nod and agree that the world is changing faster are not behaving as if they truly believe it.
The Federal Reserve's fundamental blunder in no way excuses the reckless, eye-popping practices of those mortgage bankers who lent money to people without even checking that their alleged incomes were real or who, in effect, gave the wink and nod to dicey borrowers, signaling that when their teaser interest rates were up, they could get new mortgages at new teaser rates.
Today, WYNN announced that they will not pursue an investment in a project at Foxwoods Casinos in Philadelphia, PA, which is a nod to spending restraint.
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