She started forgetting to pay her bills, and would get lost while driving to familiar places.

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For days, she looked for him, under bushes and behind corners, sniffing in the familiar places -- and I suppose Douglas and I were doing the same thing, too.

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They are finding their answers in familiar, affordable places.

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Of course, big trouble remains--in places both familiar and not, like Bangladesh.

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It searches the familiar long before venturing towards the unfamiliar and this places a damper on innovation.

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You've really got to not just be aware of the other great places in the world, but be very familiar with them and have a perspective on what it means to operate there.

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That all-too-familiar computer screen gaze at flashing photographs of friends in exotic places around the world is apparently enough for daydreamers to start packing.

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"Sales have increased because when we go to places where we have never been before, new fans become familiar with the team and this affects our merchandising sales, " he said.

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But another, less discussed factor--one familiar to oil companies--is also crucial: developing in the best places.

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