The Essex and Juneau were expected to depart the gulf later Thursday when they finished off-loading the helicopters, then steam around the Malay Peninsula through the Strait of Malacca and into the Andaman Sea to be in position closer to Myanmar.

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Already past 50, he had to take a job loading enormous tires onto flatbed trucks and delivering them around the state.

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"What you get is a recent college graduate loading Linux on some old system that's kicking around, and it's free, " said Dan Kuznetsky, program director for IDC's operating environments service.

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With states like Connecticut and Colorado passing strict new restrictions on gun owners and the President flying around the country to drum up support for national gun control, ammo buyers are like consumers queuing for gas or loading up on gold in the inflationary 1970s.

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