McCANN: We are certainly, I'm sure, trying to discern that that was an actual voice transmission, and not a pre-recorded transmission designed to deceive the U.S. concerning his whereabouts.

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What would have been more interesting is to have the 4G spectrum administered in a similar way to other public utilities, where the actual backbone of the system is administered by one company, and the network providers would buy capacity and transmission from the network pool.

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Instead of vague hypotheses about the transmission of culture to those who were not supposed to have it, Mr Rose returns us to the actual thoughts and feelings of the countless working men and women who insisted, often against the odds, on finding things out for themselves.

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