But, bluntly, I don't believe that will happen with the Conservatives and certainly no such offer has been made.

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To put it bluntly, I make my money consulting with tech companies, most of which I write about at one point or another.

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Let me put this as bluntly as I can: despite the rumors, Seagate simply is not going to buy OCZ Technology Group, FORBES has confirmed.

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To put it bluntly, I think the baby boomers, and those following in their wake, aren't investing enough in either the private- or public-sector capital that they must be able to sell during their retirement to the next (smaller) generation of working people, to persuade them to keep us all in our dotage.

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"I have to put this kind of bluntly, " Zuckerman says.

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"I think this is going terribly, " he bluntly announced, silencing even the boisterous Ballmer.

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It was bluntly titled "Windows 8 Pro, " and I assumed it was the upgrade edition even though the word "upgrade" wasn't mentioned anywhere on the packaging.

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