Friends and family worked round the clock applying extra packing tape.

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The extra pounds people are packing on their waistlines might be offsetting gains in gas mileage, according to a blog post from the insurance company Allstate.

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Launched by BBK spin-off Vivo in Beijing just now, this 5.7-inch Xplay takes one step further from its smaller X1 and X1S cousins by packing one extra audio chip, the OPA2604 op amp from Texas Instruments, in order to add extra oomph to Cirrus Logic's CS4398 DAC and CS8422 stereo asynchronous sample-rate converter -- both of which are featured on the X1 series.

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Our Italian shippers say the American authorities might at random choose to examine every item in the container and if they do we bear the extra cost of re-packing and resealing.

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That extra two months notice will give you time to weigh other lenders, in case your bank decides to send you packing.

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