The insurance lobby has been fighting the SEC tooth and nail on this because no one would buy these profit printing policies if they actually understood them under the light of the disclosures the SEC wanted the insurance companies to make.

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In a process similar to printing a photograph, engineers beam high-powered light through a masklike image of the chip, thus creating a duplicate on a silicon wafer.

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The commission points out it has recommended the period be extended before in 2003, but "in light of comments we have received from electoral administrators about increasing pressures during the time available for printing and processing postal ballot packs" they are recommending it again.

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