The area was soon awash with whimsical people reading aloud to each other.

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Bozeman is awash with smart young people, just what any software startup needs.

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In a culture awash in artifice and hype, people value authenticity and have become adept at recognizing it.

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Because e-readers gather enormously detailed information on the way people read, publishers may soon be awash in market research.

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But he was fundamentally a bit naive, always awash with strong romantic feelings, in pursuit of things and people to batten them on to.

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Before becoming Fed head, Ben Bernanke wrote papers about "excess" savings worldwide: People aren't spending and investing enough, and that's why global financial systems are awash in cash.

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