It involved the designers knowing almost everything about the game's dismal steam-punky setting.
The insistence on reportage, at the expense of interpretation or even opinion, leaves the reader knowing almost too much of the how and where and when, but not quite enough of the why.
People who drink chili out of Denver Bronco cup-holders and pray to Dustin Pedroia Fatheads suddenly become absorbed in tiny Olympic events like shooting and curling and pole-vaulting, despite knowing almost nothing about shooting and curling and pole-vaulting.
Posts as ads may sound scary, but in a world where we're constantly being bombarded with advertisements, there's something almost comforting in knowing that your friends are slowly becoming a more powerful tool for advertising than many of those million-dollar ad agencies pushing Budweiser or insurance policies at you.
In my experience, the immigrant workers that I have had the pleasure of knowing have, almost without exception, all worked harder than any native UK resident I know, for a fraction of the pay and benefits.
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They were determined to go for the big shots, knowing a draw was an almost pointless result for them.
Liam Fox: At the moment, knowing my colleagues, I think almost anything is possible.
The point is that Android, Symbian, webOS, Windows Phone 7, and the rest of the pack should be able to advance with almost total disregard for the hardware business, knowing they're resolution-independent (within reason) and they can expect to target an ARMv6 or ARMv7 core.
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Almost all of the women admitted feeling stress from knowing that both the household income and the things that needed to get done at home depended primarily on them.
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Some regret that the nation didn't build on its technological lead, but most French folks will probably remember the boxes nostalgically, knowing that they beat the internet by almost 20 years.
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I've written about technology for almost my entire adult life, and I love knowing how it works, but I won't kowtow to it or go through unnatural contortions to induce it to perform some task.
With no real institutional willingness to participate in the scaled down offering and investment bankers knowing the offering flawed, it was sold almost exclusively in Spain and much of it to unsophisticated retail customers.
After this phase, almost all women will take the offer or move on to somewhere else, not knowing they could have gotten more if they asked.
How tempting will the films be to top filmmakers, knowing that the characters were already established in another film and that the solo films will almost surely be dominated by thinking and planning for the next team-up?
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