Having one character narrate a story to an ardent and beautiful soul mate is a tame and cozy device, but what we see is fascinating.

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The same way we are not perfect and our future mate probably will not be perfect either.

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"We asked if he knew anything about the captain and mate, " Kate Suski said.

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Modern political conventions hold very little in the way of big surprises or big new ideas, and now that Mitt Romney has announced his running mate, we kinda know how both party conventions will go.

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The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan, your running mate, is that we would give a voucher to seniors and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance.

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Sunspider results, on the other hand, were a bit inconclusive as we were consistently unable (try though we did) to successfully run that browser-based test on the Mate and D2.

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Rather than being misled by our instincts on a first date, we can calmly sort through the alternatives and find the best possible spouse, the would-be soul mate who will maximize our romantic utility.

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We started with Frank Lampard, the striker's England team-mate for nearly eight years and someone he counts as a friend.

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No longer will we cast a wide net when searching for news, jobs, apartments, a mate, etc. and hope for the best.

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