Without this system, we'd be drowned in a sensory overload.But while the early trials of this filtering technology look promising, there are several obstacles that the researchers need to surmount before their product can be commercialised.
Mr. Brown's victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday denies Democrats the 60th vote that they need to surmount filibusters and advance a revised health measure.
Rather, the US, China, and other nations already acting, or starting to act, on climate change need to surmount the diplomatic pressure on countries that are procrastinating their efforts, both with dialogue and leading by example.
Obviously, all nations and health organizations that contemplate exploiting the global e-health opportunities will need to surmount this challenge.
It represents a sunk cost that he'd have needed to surmount anyway -- not some new high-tech way of "getting" him.
But obtaining the 60 votes needed to surmount a filibuster remains an uphill fight.
There are still many open questions that nanotechnology needs to surmount, ranging from viability to safety.
Advocates for the disabled say having M.E.D. protection assures a worker that he or she can keep health insurance needed to surmount a disability and hold a job.
Over the last two years, Mr. Reid struggled mightily to get legislation adopted — even during the six months that his party controlled the 60 votes needed to surmount Republican filibusters.
When he takes office, Democrats will no longer have the 60 votes needed to surmount a certain Republican filibuster of the legislation.
