"I thought that the German curse had turned into a German blessing, " he said, when asked what he thought when he heard the final word, a German-derived Yiddish word for a type of dumpling.

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Those vehicles don't get the some type of respect, for lack of a better word, as they hybrids.

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Lawyers say the signs in the lobby listing the price of admission with the word "recommended" below in smaller type violate a 1893 law mandating the public be admitted free of charge at least five days and two evenings per week in exchange for monetary grants and rent-free use of city-owned land.

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While he noted that StarOffice is a complete set of applications, Black said that Microsoft Word appeals to users in search of a more professional type of software "We are going after different customers with the products, " Black said.

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Unfortunately, there was no word on a timeline, nor a mention of what type(s) of media would eventually be available, but considering just how far we have to walk from the PC to the living room, this stuff can't get finalized soon enough.

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Work on these committees is time-consuming and can be challenging unless you're the type who enjoys word puzzles, but it is very motivating to know that one is enabling a vital resource.

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Google has its Google docs tools, so if you wanted to create a spreadsheet or any type of text document you would simply go to a web page that has all the functionalities of a word processor, but because it's taking place on the Internet, you can access it from anywhere, and you can get other people accessing it as well.

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Type in two or three terms and up pops a chart that shows the relative number of Google searches each word received during a given time period.

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