As well as having a strong financial-services bent, boards should be pared down from the 12-16 members that are typical today, so they are less vulnerable to groupthink.

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Although conventional wisdom would have you believe that Apple's hell-bent on forcing the iTunes-iPod-iPhone ecosystem down your throat, it's really quite easy to use all kinds of other software and hardware with iTunes.

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Individually and through trade groups and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the industry is bent on shutting down existing publicly-owned broadband systems and blocking the development of new ones.

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He looked up to discover that he had bent down the hollow nose needle at a twenty-degree angle.

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Jermaine Beckford's shot hit the bar but was ruled not to have crossed the line and Villa promptly went down the other end for Bent to make it 2-1.

BBC: Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

Prosecutor Matthew Ellis said that as the owner bent down to assess the damage, she drove off and knocked him off-balance.

BBC: L-plate

The Republic of Ireland international picked up possession in an innocuous position 35 yards out, and bent his well-placed effort into the top corner after ex-Celt Jackie McNamara had failed to close down the winger.

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