The thing is, I can see that almost all of the numbers stack up so that it would indeed be both possible and profitable.

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Which might indeed be a valid way of looking at things: I think we can all see a day coming, and coming soon, when a desktop PC is just not considered an essential piece of equipment at all.

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He, if I'm ever going to see my partner of thirty years, I can't make him come to Luton all the time, I have to be able to have a proper family life sometimes, which I can't do unless I have er, you know, I, I share the costs of the Southampton home with him.

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"As a former protectee of Secret Service agents, I see no problem with the principle that they -- like all federal agents -- can be called upon to aid federal criminal investigations, " Quayle said.

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