So how might these two apparently contradictory elements form some tangible paradox machine?

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Minerals form from chemical elements in only a few ways.

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Capturing these elements takes the form of a user story.

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In one way or another, atoms of different elements are brought close together to form their crystalline lattices.

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But down in the detail there were complex issues surrounding which elements of a design (in the form factor, in usability, and in what was called the trade dress) were truly protected by law.

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All of these elements, including social media, shape or form the way that a consumer hears about a brand or offering.

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His biggest nightmare is that the Khmer Rouge bosses might succeed in distancing themselves from their brutal past, and form a successful alliance with Cambodia's royalists and other elements hostile to him.

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True to form, the designers made it work- finding that certain elements of the office were kicked to the curb (filing cabinets, plaques on walls, gigantic desks) and others were reintroduced and heavily used to create a modern and engaging atmosphere (glass walls that slide open and shut, wireless technology capabilities, virtual fishbowls).

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Sustainable design elements include plenty of daylight and fresh air, green space in the form of terraced gardens and water conservation.

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And while gold is the proximate center, there are many other elements from the periodic table nearly as hotly pursued, ranging from rare earths to carbon in its purest form, diamonds.

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