Using your wish list of issues for a better text, it is clear how close we are to a good final treaty.

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Positioned conveniently above backspace, it granted us immediate access to multi-directional text eradication -- but its close proximity caused more than a few mistakes.

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Many filtering companies rely on analysing the text on webpages for keywords or trigger phrases in close proximity to each other.

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And how are marginalia, so close to the act of reading and so intimately next to the text, different from the reader's diary?

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Obama reached a compromise with his security detail, Gibbs said, that will allow him to send text messages to his senior staff and a small group of close friends.

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Additionally most financial institutions have robust alert options that will notify you via text or email of activity in your account so you can keep a close eye on your hard earned dollars.

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Synaptics' chief scientist, Shawn Day, is close to releasing a phone finger touchpad for writing Mandarin characters--an easier way to key in a mobile text message (the Chinese send millions of them every day).

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