Major airlines always have the ability to switch you to another carrier, but they are loathe to do this as it means passing your ticket revenue onto a rival.

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"I used to go around to see my nan on Sundays and she would always switch it on, although she used to call it 'Heartbreak', " says Barlow.

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It also comes with a Toshiba-branded file manager and Swype pre-installed -- though, as always, you can switch to the stock Android keyboard.

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We could always go back to the customer, even after the switch was installed, and make changes, says Calvignac.

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Although I have no plans to switch my Windows allegiance to the Macintosh, I have always marveled at Apple's ability to persevere with the odds so often stacked against its survival.

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Eriksson may even have got an unwitting slice of luck when Owen Hargreaves unfortunately limped off, allowing Scholes to switch from the left flank into the middle - a position he should always occupy.

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For instance, many well-to-do, educated urbanites see no downside to supporting stricter regulations and higher taxes on energy producers, because to them, energy is something that is always there at the flip of a switch (except during the occasional hurricane, as some New Yorkers recently discovered).

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While not always immediately apparent how, you can easily make alterations to the object, including alternating nozzles to switch up its color for dual extruders.

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