When Napster broke onto the scene and consumers suddenly were able to get their music for free, they quickly became attached to the idea.

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The iPod and the iTunes Store began to change the computer from a tool into something personal, something that we became attached to because it reflected who we were, or wanted to be.

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And my heart became attached to them.

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As the relatives became increasingly attached to Elian, their attitudes hardened, and one can understand why.

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But they became deeply attached to the cloth mother.

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Many investors became accustomed and attached to certificated trading during the privatisation boom of the 1980s.

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But European music organisations took exception to what became called the "bars and grills" amendment, attached to the legislation after pressure from American restaurant and bar owners.

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The government publishes a separate unemployment rate, called the U-6, which adds to the official unemployment rate people who became discouraged and quit looking and those otherwise marginally attached to the labor force, such as working part time when a full-time job is preferred.

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"It was our opinion the karabiner had been attached to the false loop and as soon as weight had been applied it became detached, " he said.

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