You don't have to look much further than the millions of Galaxy Notes sold to realize that Samsung is serious about the stylus, but the company's now made that commitment clearer than ever by buying a piece of Wacom.

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In the report, detailed further in the link here to the left, ECA notes that the U.S. lower tax burden and overall cheaper cost of living makes it the No. 1 country in the Western world to earn a living as a middle manager.

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Further, the letter notes, in order to defend itself NR would be entitled to seek discovery, and in the process obtain access to e-mails and other records that Mann has, thus far, resisted disclosing in various freedom-of-information suits prompted by ClimateGate.

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He offered to strengthen the wording in the explanatory notes of the bill and invited Lord Patel to discuss the matter further with him to see if anything more could be done.

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The report further notes that other disputes and anomalies remain, most of which ought probably to be called in Mr Gore's favour.

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