We won't lie, we were a little bitter when TiVo snubbed us and didn't offer us a pre-release version of the Series3 for review, we mean even our brothers at Engadget got one to play with.

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After that, you may just want to curl into a little ball, cry a little, drink a bitter European coffee, and then delete your Facebook account.

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Such a meal also should balance tastes savory, a little sour or bitter maybe, perhaps some sweet and salt and textures, from chewy to succulent to crisp.

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Mr. Osborne, Governor King and future Governor Carney from the BoE, have a difficult task to further boost the UK construction sector that is under pressure from all sides, as UK businesses are now set for a bitter end to this year with little hope of respite in Q1.

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Mr Mutsolgov says the war in Georgia found little support in Ingushetia, not long ago engaged in a bitter ethnic conflict with North Ossetia.

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