Yet it seemed to those seeking to solve the longitude problem that the only solution was in the moon and stars.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

While scientists were studying the stars and moon to solve the longitude problem, a man named John Harrison was working on another project.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Alas, the problem lies not in the stars, but in ourselves, and with men who rather then admit their policies were wrong, will double down into making Supply-Side tax Cuts an IDEOLOGY!!!

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That presents the Big Four with a particular problem: how to identify future stars among the mass of raw recruits.

ECONOMIST: Talent management

The problem is that brown dwarfs have been discovered orbiting other stars, and it is thought that planets can sometimes be ejected from their natal solar systems as a result of gravitational interactions, and may thus be found drifting in space.

ECONOMIST: Twinkle, twinkle, giant planet