Twitter has not exactly been faster than a speeding bullet in responding to user irritations.

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Irritations that were overlooked with growth at 4.5% are likely to resurface when it is nearer to 3%.

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Most people know in their heart of hearts that Mr Gore cannot do anything to solve these irritations.

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They feed on oak trees and their hairs contain a toxin that can cause itchy rashes, eye and throat irritations.

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And for locals like Rolf, avoiding tourists wobbling on bikes is just one of the irritations that comes with the increased tourist volume.

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Other tablet features were also singled out as irritations, but less vehemently.

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Various irritations may have stirred Ethiopia's fear of being cut off from the sea, and Eritrea's fear that its new independence might be infringed by a resentful Ethiopia.

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Were you surprised by these irritations and this warm reception?

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The irritations over Iran and Iraq are by no means the same but, in each, the French and Russians resent the shadow cast over their trade by American domestic politics.

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There have been other irritations.

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The writer, Michael Arndt, and the husband-and-wife directing team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, narrowly avoid the family-comedy pitfalls of whimsy and mush, but Arndt has a good ear for domestic irritations and the acting is just tough enough to keep us off balance.

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