If a payment terminal could be forced into servitude as a crude handheld gaming device, what else could it be made to do?

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That swells the payment to a boss forced to leave early.

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"The threat of mass non-payment of water charges has forced the DUP and Sinn Fein to negotiate the delaying of the charges, " he said.

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Private BitTorrent trackers traditionally rely on donations for the operation of their service and PayPal is so widely used that donations would drop if forced to rely on lesser-known payment methods.

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While that may be good for the future of bitcoin, it alters the business model for payment processors like BitPay because they are forced to rely more on the Bitcoin-only processing spread which is justified by customer support and user-friendly plugins.

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The House of Representatives originally approved the measure on Friday of last week, but lawmakers in the House were forced to review it again after the Senate removed a provision involving the payment of World War II claims to residents in Guam.

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The California native and San Francisco 49ers fan, who had just tied a franchise record with his third straight 20-rebound game, was forced to face the media wearing a Ravens Super Bowl champion hat, payment of a lost bet with Baltimore fan Carmelo Anthony.

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The highest payment was offered by a jewelry store in San Diego, which said it was forced to solicit reviews after others got away with doing it.

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