But they remain sceptical as to whether the flirtation will become a deeper relationship.

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Just yesterday, Electronic Arts hinted at a deeper relationship with Microsoft and its upcoming Windows 8 operating system.

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This directly translates into a reduced sales cycle and allows our sales people to have a deeper relationship with our customers much earlier.

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But she said the Obama administration wants to "develop a broader and deeper" relationship with Asia, a region that has felt overlooked by the United States despite its growing global importance.

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Speaking at the New York-based Asia Society last week, Clinton said the Obama administration wants to "develop a broader and deeper" relationship with Asia, a region that has felt overlooked by the United States despite its growing global importance.

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College has become the place where young Americans go to establish who they are for the rest of their lives, so it makes sense that a college team offers a deeper, more fulfilling relationship than a casual flirtation with teal and a skating shark.

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He lived for 53 years in a chaste, sexless relationship with Howard Austen, but there had been a different, deeper love some years before.

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It's a commitment that's deeper than our unique nation-to-nation relationship.

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