While you're still able to access the same 'ol half-and-half view from before, you can now have more than two windows open, and it's also possible to adjust the size -- and even have them piled on top of each other, much like what you'd find on a classic desktop OS. We loved Multi-Window before, and adding this new capability makes it even more tempting.

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The half-century view -- the one we often miss -- reveals a huge political and social shift.

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If you have a glass half-empty view, you can focus on the overall drop compared to a year ago.

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Or maybe, if you want to take the glass-half-full view, he is suckering the Democrats to legislate the tax hike.

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It is approached by a causeway from which you can see its five towers - like lotus buds or in my view rather more like half-open fir cones - rising from its immense base.

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Furnished with comfy wooden chairs topped with striped canvas pillows and guarded by a heavy glass half-partition that allows guests to bask in the view, the terrace catches the morning sunlight and crisp bay air.

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The residences at Sengokuyama occupy the bottom half of the 47-story building, giving residents a view of the 5-acre grounds, which include a garden specially designed to attract small indigenous birds such as woodpeckers and thrushes, as well as a tree-shaded plaza.

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And then, once the game gets out of hand and all you can think about is going home, you get to play the second half against a bunch of gung-ho second- and third-teamers who view knocking your tired body around as the highlight of their season.

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Even a better than expected U.S. economy in the first half has not been enough to get businesses in that region to declare an ever-worsening view of the global recovery.

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