Its absence of a cereal background note also differentiates it from Scotch, as does the use of the intensely aromatic Japanese oak.

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Note: Further information on the constitutional background of Lithuania is provided by the International Constitutional Law Project at the University of Wuerzburg.

UNESCO: Lithuania - Constitution

Note: Further information on the constitutional background of Ireland is provided by the International Constitutional Law Project at the University of Wuerzburg.

UNESCO: Ireland - Constitution

Thankfully, there's a helpful option to disable the background and replace it with a yellow sticky-note backdrop. (You can also save and share these jottings, of course.) Basically, the company's crafted this as a shortcut, albeit a convoluted one, that's meant to bypass the lack of any function keys on the actual stylus.

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Against this background, it is hardly surprising that the Inflation Report struck a hawkish note.

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You can scrawl to your heart's content, add in text boxes and background images from your gallery or take new ones and then send the note off via email or some social network.

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