We want our information NOW. And those who connect to this new way of living by providing us information are not only accepted, but admired by those thriving on the social networks.

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Oil suppliers and purchasers alike accepted the arrangement whereby Saudi Arabian reserves - defended by the US military -- served as the guarantor of the oil economy.

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If the power to be happy lies within us, vs. within the particulars of our lives (getting a certain job, or car, or being accepted by a specific group of people), then that frees us to aspire to greatness without being held prisoner to those aspirations.

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It was Steve Jobs who accepted the challenge that Morpheus presents to Neo, and by extension all of us, in the movie The Matrix.

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The report notes that "there is no commonly accepted explanation by criminologists for the fall in violence in many of the world's regions including the US, Western Europe, Eastern and Central Europe, as well as the UK".

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In May, BP accepted responsibility for a "series of failures" by staff which it said led to a fatal explosion at its largest US refinery.

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