What is more, it would keep logs of precisely what it was your child was doing.

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The lesson, if you are going to try anyway, is not only to keep logs, but to be specific about what you are doing.

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He, for his part, is accusing Mr Spitzer of ordering New York state police to keep detailed logs of his travels.

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You can slap Lit on your wrist, or mount it in other ways, and the battery is said to keep the logs churning for up to a week.

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Galligan says that, unlike many other companies, brokerages keep precise e-mail logs and are able to point investigators to the computers used by key people.

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Today, a good chunk of the planet logs in to the site regularly to keep in touch with friends and family.

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"For a fire to keep on burning late into the night, you need the logs to catch, and the world's economic firewood has long since been soaked by oversupply and feeble demand now exacerbated by a post-bubble psychology discouraging risk taking, " observes Gross, who still believes stocks are overvalued.

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