But universities are clearly becoming desperate, and the arrival of at least four firms of ambulance-chasing lawyers keen to persuade students to sue for breach of contract can only make them more so.

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Less grimly, electric currents have been used for years by physical therapists to make muscles contract as a way of stimulating and strengthening them.

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