Sure, there were occasional spats, but I figured they would outgrow them.

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But, I figured he would fight harder.

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But their favorites songs, I figured they would.

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But like everyone else, I figured that despite all of my misgivings, after decades of success with this strategy, Oracle would pull it off yet again and become a dominant player in SaaS and the Cloud.

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When I read that, I figured he must have been pro se, but when I looked back I saw he had an attorney.

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We -- not you and I, but our ancestors -- figured out how to change all that.

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But in 2008, I also think everybody figured, we get through this one election and then it's all done.

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But even avoiding the immune problem, I mean nobody has exactly figured out how to use embryonic stem cells or these cells for therapy yet.

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Apple had chosen not to adopt Flash on the iPhone, but I assumed it was just a matter of time before Apple and Adobe figured out a way to fix that.

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But in the darkest part of the game, I was killed repeatedly until I figured out how to save myself.

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But I knew that I had amazing people around me, who would be there and support me as I figured it out.

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