With a little statistical effort, differences in family background and schooling can be ruled out, too.

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That "collective consciousness" was a little surprising, since these five guys had little history and a lot of differences.

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And we look forward to working through these differences once things settle down a little bit more in the House, and then in the Senate.

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In the end, with a little understanding and context, most of these differences actually start to make sense, and I can relate to them in a new way.

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And little differences in the numbers make a big difference.

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But it's always important to remember that the entire world is far from growing up geek, and the differences in the opportunity that just a little technology affords is the difference between growing up successful, and struggling to grow up at all.

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It seemed a little odd to me that the recipe was so brief, but I chalked it up to cultural differences.

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