Yet there it is, on signs and over storefronts, in big, bold letters: C-O-M.

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And I'm like, 'Andrew, I'm having a C-section at the moment, ' and he says, 'Oh, don't worry, we can get it opened by the end of the month.

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Is that Meco or M-E-C-O?

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The focus now should be on getting the sum of consumption spending, investment spending, government spending and exports minus imports (C, I, G, and X-M) to a level sufficient to promote growth and full employment.

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So we see boring names like CTS, EXT, LS, XLR and 3.2TL. It's an effort to copy Mercedes with its C and CLK and SLK. Letters are also big for super high-powered jobs, like M (on BMWs) or V (on the Cadillac CTS) or R (on Volvo).

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Honorees will also be displayed at CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, January 6 in the South Seas Ballroom C at Mandalay Bay.

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Consumers willing to sacrifice hardware controls for a touchscreen-driven UI won't be missing out on much else -- functionally, the EOS M is a near-clone of Rebel T4i with the same 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5 processor and 3-inch touchscreen.

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