Many had been waiting outside the store all night without food or anything to sit on, but the general consensus seemed to be that the hassle had been worth it.
These habitats, which are folded up for launch and then inflated in space, were designed as interplanetary vehicles for a trip to Mars, but they are also likely to be useful general-purpose accommodation.
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The UK's Prudential lost out to AIG in its bid to buy American General, but may still be keen to enter the US market in a big way.
Ms. COHEN: No one--no country has stepped up to the plate, but what the UN secretary-general seems to be suggesting is that there could be an international peacekeeping force.
And we have urged governments in the region -- the Egyptian government, the Bahraini government, but, in general, to be responsive and to open up their societies and to get ahead of the process in order to respond to the aspirations of their people.
In the task of ensuring that mosques (and all other religious institutions) refrain from inciting violence or fostering terror, local authorities do have some role to play but in general that is a job that needs to be co-ordinated nationally, and often internationally.
Henman has now lost five times to Hewitt, including four finals, but he refused to be downcast, instead concentrating on the general improvement in his game as Wimbledon approaches.
But the general feeling seems to be that they're still too high and it's time for further action.
Final numbers have yet to be tallied, but General Motors has already posted a strong showing for car sales last month.
The case has yet to be decided, but General Musharraf's actions suggest he may have grasped a crucial point: compromising with extremism is no way to tackle terrorism.
This may only be a small sampling of the thousands of developers that are working on BlackBerry 10 apps, but the general response seems to be positive (if not a little cautious).
Bizarrely, it allowed the election to proceed but with no winner to be declared until it has decided on the general's eligibility.
There may be advantages to General Musharraf in talking to India, but there will also be political costs.
Like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 30 Rock and a host of other NBC programs, Lights has proved to be a success among critics but has failed to find viewers for the General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people )-owned network.
There can be co-marketing, such as with General Motors, but there will be resistance to this type of activity because it will impact the sales of U.S.-manufactured automobiles.
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For centuries, racial minorities, people with unconventional religious or political views, and people with niche cultural tastes have flocked to cities not only because they were more likely to find other people like themselves, but also because people in big cities tend to be more tolerant in general.
But this is what we expect to be the general economics of the business.
Unfortunately, those beliefs were misapplied in this case, but we still hold the general principle to be true.
But I--there seems to be a general--a genuine sense of commitment that they're going to try to do that.
But if a democratic general turns out to be as self-contradictory as most Pakistanis think (and they should know), America would prefer to keep the general.
But if a person is going to be a general partner of a limited partnership that is either conducting any substantial business or taking investors, they have better do their own asset protection first.
His image is perfectly suited to the suburbs, something that has been a problem in the primaries but will be a bonus in the general election when he has to compete in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The consortium had an application to force an Extraordinary General Meeting turned down on technical reasons but were still believed to be continuing their efforts to push a meeting through.
The freedom to post what you want has always been an upside to any blog in general, but with Tumblr having this little toolbar encourages users to be creative and mix up the kind of content they post.
Not only does its situation need to be improved but also that of society in general.
In practice, the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia appears to be falling apart, but the secretary-general warns Israel that the militia must be disbanded, its heavy weapons removed and its prisoners released.
She stated on her petition that she had the evidence required to trigger a new inquest but her request for one to be held had been refused three times by the Attorney General.
But my pledge should be fairly easy to fulfill given the general excellence of the 2011 vintage in Germany.
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But the statement is likely to be read as of more general application.
But in general Jimmy Carter has achieved much to be proud of, and the new Nobel laureate - once derided in Washington - is now universally admired as the best ex-president the United States has ever had.
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