In a public-relations coup, Blue Shield of California announced that it would cap its annual profits at 2%, rebating anything left over to its customers.

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The surly, handsomest youth, bent over the table at the far left, looks uninterested in anything but his money.

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He watched as Carol, his comrade-in-arms, ran over to the other side of the clearing, looking for anything left standing.

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We hesitate to bring up anything to do with the ongoing debacle that is SPOT, but the guys over at Microsoft's most left-of-center division helped popularize the concept of "glanceable" information -- ubiquitous, high-demand data (weather reports, for instance) that can be gleaned quickly and with little or no user input.

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