But for those times when your sweetheart and your running shoes are out of reach and your next volunteering gig is a few days off, uplift is also available in instant fun-size packets.

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Mr Schlinkert, who formed Communicator in 1999 as a spin-off from Salomon Smith Barney, a stockbroking firm, believes that instant messaging is indispensable to brokers, traders, and their clients.

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When Phillips chooses to spread the play, defenses have to contend with stand-off Rhys Priestland, whose booming kicks can change field position in an instant, or the prospect of attempting to tackle the muscular midfield of Jamie Roberts, a 6-foot-4, 243-pound battering ram, and Jonathan Davies, a bruising 6-foot-1, 227-pound ball carrier with a deceptive turn of speed.

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Glamorgan captain Jamie Dalrymple's decision to bowl first brought instant rewards when Rob White was brilliantly caught for a duck at silly mid-on by Gareth Rees off the bowling of James Harris.

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Looking to shed weight and beef up a sleek new image as a Web-based media company, AOL is attempting to sell off its social networking site Bebo and instant messaging system ICQ.

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In an instant, these GOP wizards have taken the onus off Senate Democrats and made Republicans the media's gun-control focus.

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