Therefore, if they are really out there, someone, somewhere, should have come across a big cat corpse by now.

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Years later, in the reductive, slowed-down replay of memory, the Buick sedan stolen fresh off a lot in Topeka appeared suddenly, having come in off a cat road that ran west and hit the main road a quarter mile from the Carson farm, deep enough in the quivering heat to provide the element of surprise.

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She also recommends desensitizing the (poor) cat by playing a recording of a baby crying, and perhaps having a friend's child come over to play so the cat gets used to kids, and presumably is then less prone to a full blown freakout when sticky hands grab its tail.

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In my daily browsing, I experience the typical barrage of trivial facts, insignificant personal anecdotes, and funny cat GIFs that come with the territory of the ever-inclusive Internet.

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Going forward, look for the latest, greatest, high-end devices to all be vertically integrated, while many of the low-cost, copy-cat devices will come to the market later and be made by mass market manufacturers like Samsung.

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The politicians return next week, but when the cat's away the mice come out to play and there is no shortage of speculation among the hacks here about the prime minister's looming cabinet reshuffle.

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