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  • noun Plural form of innovation.

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  • As examples of what he called innovations that unions have backed recently, Mr. Daly pointed to a "revolutionary" new teachers contract in Washington, D.C., a far-reaching state law overhauling teacher tenure passed in Colorado with Ms. Weingarten's support, and a new teachers contract in New Haven, under which tenured teachers ruled ineffective, and who do not improve, may be fired.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • As examples of what he called innovations that unions have backed recently, Mr. Daly pointed to a "revolutionary" new teachers contract in Washington, D.C., a far-reaching state law overhauling teacher tenure passed in Colorado with Ms. Weingarten's support, and a new teachers contract in New Haven, under which tenured teachers ruled ineffective, and who do not improve, may be fired.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • The big talk now is about investing in innovations that will bring down the cost of clean energy.

    Steve Valk: How to Bring Down the Coal and Oil Goliath: A Million Personal Letters Steve Valk 2010

  • One of the new innovations is to bring in a Parliamentary Assessment Board for the Northern Irish Westminster seats to impose minimum standards on those chosen to stand for the Commons.

    The approaching fork in the road for NI Unionism O'Neill 2009

  • Particularly since the business in a position to take advantage of ICT4D innovations is likely in the United States or another industrialized nation.

    Reflections on ICT4D « Beki's Blog (there's an original name) 2009

  • The big talk now is about investing in innovations that will bring down the cost of clean energy.

    Steve Valk: How to Bring Down the Coal and Oil Goliath: A Million Personal Letters Steve Valk 2010

  • History teaches us that burdening a dynamic sector like the modern communications space with rigid rules that do not accommodate disruptive innovations is dangerous and not in the best interests of the consumers.

    David Honig: A Decisive Moment for Broadband Internet Access David Honig 2010

  • Benighted European politicians seem determined to discourage certain innovations in food technology even when the rest of the world stands as living — and eating — proof of their safety.

    The Cloned Cow Has Left the Barn Henry I. Miller 2010

  • It may be less easy for a civil law country to adopt innovations from a common law country for instance.

    Is Economic Growth Genetic?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Among the most dramatic of the company 's innovations is replacing Chili' s grills with high-end ovens.

    Debts Paid, Expenses Cut, Chili Jacqueline Doherty 2010

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