He was a meticulous note-taker and, says Mr Bergen, had only once told a joke.

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The idea is to have a notebook that fits in your pocket, so that you are not advertising yourself as a note-taker ideally, a small notebook that will not fall apart.

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Through Freud, dreams were then discovered as the voice of the subconscious, its inner secrets revealed through automatic writing or self-induced hypnosis (with Breton's first wife, Simone, assigned the women's role of note-taker).

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While all teams have done a great job demonstrating the value of innovation, three U.S. Teams: Note-Taker, LifeLens, and Dragon, represented the United States as contenders in the Worldwide Finals round of the competition.

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In previous administrations, a single note-taker sufficed.

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Is it the note-taker him or herself?

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She's a perpetual note-taker.

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Inspired by the challenge to invent the future, Team Note-Taker entered Imagine Cup 2011, competing against 67 teams, this group found its direction when member David Hayden, an outstanding academic, struggled to achieve excellence in his degree program of mathematics as a result of his being blind.

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