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China is by far the world’s largest producer of rare-earth elements, so the reported tightening of export controls has thrust U.S. producers of rare earths into the spotlight.

When she loses her cycle, she is forced to run up the helix of a parking garage at normal human speed, giving a pathetic comedic element to someone who ought to be terrifying.

Removed from the comforts of home — one of the last elements of consistency in her constantly shifting life — Linda is without proper refuge.

The leaks occur due to a design element in which air you breathe on an aircraft is pulled through the engine.

Then there are the elements that can’t be so neatly calculated.