As a result, a new Golden Age began as Europe emerged out of the darkness into the light of reason.

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They could refuse to light up for no apparent reason, because of some infinitesimal rupture in the filament.

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You might argue, for instance, that the S5's plastic keyboard deck and bezel are part of the reason it weighs a light 1.35kg (2.98 pounds), but the Series 9 is made of unibody aluminum and still weighs about four-tenths of a pound less.

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But the reason for the disassembly of the light-gathering apparatus is to recover as many valuable chemicals as possible from each leaf before it drops.

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For a few minutes (they seemed extraordinarily long at the time, and, thinking the whole thing over, later on, I realized that in fact they were), I sat and waited for Clara in the living room, a living room that seemed welcoming, for no special reason, overly cluttered but welcoming and full of light.

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Perhaps more interestingly, Automatic can also suss out the reason behind a check engine light along with an appropriate course of action.

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