Could this man really save the world?

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Could GE Hitachi's Eric Loewen deliver the next generation nuclear reactor capable of providing the clean energy the world desperately needs?

No one does hyperbole quite like journalists at men's lifestyle magazines. Every suit is the sharpest, every woman the most beautiful in the world, and every actor the next Brando. So what does a men's...

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