Google executives have said they're looking for applications that make good use of some of Android's unique capabilities, including location-based services, accelerometers that can sense motion and direction, and always-on social networking.

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And there are many people who philosophically oppose having our culture, our country, our society - not just our government, but, in every sense, America - move in this direction, more like the way health care is delivered and insured in these other parts of the world.

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This is obviously a more sci-fi direction, but would again retain the sense of illusionary realism to keep it from seeming too outlandish.

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They grieved for a time when leadership was defined by a single-minded, straightforward sense of purpose and direction.

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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, during this period of uncertainty in corporate direction, a wait-and-see approach to the shares makes sense.

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What's missing due to this approach is the sense of an alternative government, of spelling out a different direction for the country that a Tory-led administration would take.

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