He got wind of Harvard chemist George Whitesides' success in making tiny fluid-handling devices with the same type of rubber used in household caulk.

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Some types of expenditure are estimated by reference to an average level of spending for a particular household type, using data from the Family Expenditure and Food Survey.

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They have data not only on the value, construction type and number of buildings in an area, and the likely value of their household goods, but also on the local topography and vegetation.

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Next to bank deposits, the largest category of household financial assets, at some 28 percent, remains basically savings-type life insurance and pension products.

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