It wants to dazzle and amaze with flying trapeze artists, high-wire walkers and one-handed handstands.

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They can entertain with eccentricity or anecdotes, vex with their stubbornness, seduce with hospitality and amaze with feats of strength.

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I'd still take it back in time with me and amaze our ancestor with my quirky, but fun, transforming buddy.

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Unless Apple can amaze again with something great this year, then like Microsoft, its ascendancy will be over.

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Though the graphics show trademark PSX weaknesses (texture warping, draw-in, etc.), Spider-Man will constantly amaze you with its vibrant colors, awesome character models, and non-stop action.

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Every day you amaze us with your talents.

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It appears as if HTC didn't want to load up the Amaze 4G with an accompanying suite of freshly updated software, and instead saddled prospective owners with an outdated version of Gingerbread and its penultimate UX.

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While it may be true that the archetypal chief executive is driven as much by a desire for power and to amaze the world with his business prowess as by a desire to be rich, human nature makes it certain that some will be guided by meaner motives.

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British Muslims, who number at least 2m, can amaze their cousins from South Asia with their religious conservatism.

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But that's not all, folks: PocketNow, contributing some gossip of its own, is reporting that the phone will be called the Amaze 4G by T-Mobile, and will also have an 8 megapixel camera with dedicated still and video capture buttons.

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