No, dear reader, it was coffee.

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Some big companies like Microsoft and RIM opted to have minimal or no presence on the show floor, so we thought that would shrink the overall content at CES. Oh no, dear readers, if anything it had quite the opposite effect.

ENGADGET: Editor's Letter: Winding Down

Dear old Bob Godfrey is no more.

BBC: Bob Godfrey, Roobarb animator, dies aged 91

"Nine Types of Light" and 2008's "Dear Science " each peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

CNN: Soundcheck: TV on the Radio, a band to see and hear

So, Dear Oxygen executives: Thanks, but no thanks.

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So I decided, I'm going to think about someone who is no longer with me but was very dear to me, and that was my grandmother.

NPR: Scholar Recalls Captivity in Iranian Prison

Dear Jason, I found out recently that you are no longer with us today.

CNN: [Jason Douglas Oswald]

Dear Fran, the first line of my intrigue romance is: No one writes songs about Paris in the winter.

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Dear Doritos: Why does every commercial stop the action with sound of needle going off a record player when no one plays records anymore?

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