Meanwhile, Samsung has stated that it will have "no involvement in Sharp's business management in any way or form".

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Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks there have been no incidents in which terrorists have successfully used sharp objects to take over a plane, which suggests the current policy of keeping even small knives off planes is working, committee members said.

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Cooper wrote that expectations for a correction in gold prices have grown within the LBMA crowd, but no one is expecting a sharp downturn just yet.

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Products have gravitated naturally toward slimmer, lighter devices, with rectangular bodies, no sharp edges, larger screens, and touch technology.

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Once you've squared that away, 7GB of free online storage is yours forever (subject to no dramatic u-turns in the future.) The sharp-eyed among you will have spotted that this is more than Google Drive, Apple and Dropbox are offering for their entry-level accounts.

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