One got a sense of anticipation that by putting us all together in one room for three days, some inspired collaborations might result after we all dispersed.

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Ms. KRISTIE VILLALOBOS: This is the place where I thought my son would grow up with the culture that we grew up with, with the food that we grew up with, with my family that is now dispersed all over the country.

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"We have said all along there is dispersed oil subsurface -- that oil is out there, " she said.

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Now, thanks to an onrush of claims (see chart), it has become a peculiarly dispersed affair, with all sorts of claimants, including entire cities and Indian tribes.

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There will be a self-ignition of the UDMH and if it does not all burn up, it will be so dispersed there will not be a critical concentration.

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The tech meetups in Silicon Valley are likely more dispersed, but the single largest meetup group, of all meetup groups, resides right here in the Big Apple.

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So because of the dispersed nature of where individuals were, I'm told that not all of the notifications have yet been completed.

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