The star witness as it turns out seem to be some unqualified blogging site diatribes as technical references.

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If, as Mr Magueijo claims, he wanted us to take the diatribes that litter his book as jokes, they fall crashingly flat.

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Mahathir's diatribes showed no signs of a letdown on the second day.

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Her last two U.S. Open exits against Kim Clijisters and Sam Stosur were anything but pretty, punctuated by diatribes worthy of John McEnroe.

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To date, Sutter has largely gotten away with publishing his stream of consciousness style diatribes because he also happens to offer what everyone in Hollywood is after: a hit.

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Even Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, who greeted (and aggravated) attacks on the Malaysian currency with thundering diatribes against alleged conspirators, has more recently learned to keep his counsel.

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There are the silly trending hashtags, the badly spelled diatribes and, yes, as the cliched insult goes, even a few people who really do tweet about what they had for breakfast.

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His diatribes may have come as a shock to many of his peers, who have described him as a quiet and unassuming loner - though many were aware of his violent side.

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Although it has the same kind of simple approach to a login as a Facebook or Twitter pop-up window, Persona's emphasis is on privacy: it stops paying attention the moment credentials go through, keeping any diatribes or subscription details from landing in social streams or central databases.

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