In another potentially destabilizing element, Israel signaled last week that it will keep striking at shipments of advanced Iranian weapons that might be bound for Hezbollah.

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The Festo case, which appears to be bound for the Supreme Court, is pitting large companies (such as IBM and Ford), which say that the fuzzy equivalency doctrine encourages lawsuits, against smaller companies, which are worried that their innovations will be ripped off.

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Three wins in a row, two of which were at home against Reading and QPR who seem to be bound for a relegation fight and their first win away to Manchester United in more than 20 years, seem to have Tottenham on the upswing.

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