And once it was revealed that the Live Tile user interface would be coming to Windows 8, it became clear that Live Tiles had to be a great fit for the larger displays that are more often running Microsoft software.
Watching it live made one thing clear: The voters were frustrated and angry.
It is interesting to talk to Californians about their attitudes to this, because they live here in the clear knowledge that they are sitting on a seismological time bomb.
The message was clear: you can live well with Type 1 diabetes if you have the right treatment.
The girls were singing far away, but the sense of the music remained clear: people should live in bliss, not in need and torment.
What seems pretty clear is that fans live in one of two groups: the hardcore group that knows and loves the sport, and the casual group that needs more before it perks up.
She was seriously ill, and it wasn't clear how long she would live.
It wasn't clear whether police had used live ammunition or rubber bullets.
Until the two Belfast killings, the hope was that Sinn Fein would make its reservations clear, but agree to live with the referendum outcome.
The only phone with Live Tiles, Windows Phone has a clear, differentiated vision and the consumer experience has been widely recognized as being groundbreaking, innovative and fresh.
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One thing should be clear, even though we live in a world in which we share personal information more freely than in the past, we must reject the conclusion that privacy is an outmoded value.
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In addition the council's new band of 70 volunteer snow champions will also help clear footways and pavements where they live.
"She moved back to England a number of weeks ago and made it clear she no longer wanted to live in Northern Ireland, " he said.
One thing CNN's calculator makes clear is that, wherever they live, Americans are in the middle of a national conversation about what marriage is, why it matters, and the consequences of redefining it.
Whether Lookout can live up to its hefty investment is far from clear.
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Members of the public make it clear that people just want to work and live safe lives.
Now, as the spring fighting season begins, it is increasingly clear that the Andar uprising didn't live up to these hopes.
"Europe's leaders have sent a clear signal to the EU that it must live within its means and this cut is modest compared to some parts of the public sector in EU member states, " he said.
Russia has been with us in the P5-plus-1 talks, for instance, in sending a clear message to Iran that they need to live up to their international obligations, and is, in fact, hosting the next round of those talks in Moscow.
And sources close to the conversations have made it clear that senior ministers believe the banks have to live up to their responsibilities.
Until open skies are universal and limits on foreign ownership are relaxed, airlines will continue to live in the twilight world of shifting alliances rather than the clear day of global consolidation.
Talented high-earning individuals provide a clear boost to the economy of the place where they live.
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Rupert Allen Clear Duncan, a leader of some 400 Creole who live along the shoreline, confronted the foreigners dressed in suits and military uniforms and demanded to know the purpose of their aerial trespasses.
In the centre of the park, Ferguson and Paul Lambert failed to live up to their pre-match billing, although it was clear they would have welcomed a De Boer or a Larsson ahead of them as they tried to unpick the Faroes' defence.
We are clear that there should be a Palestinian State which also can live in peace and security.
Birds and certain smaller mammals such as rabbits and raccoons will usually go high to live in trees or on drift piles, but larger mammals have to clear out, according to Ribbeck.
David Cameron's official spokesman defended the way in which the information had been published and denied the government was failing to live up to its promises on transparency by publishing the audit without any clear indication of how many of the 399 pledges have been broken.
And in doing so, I intend to send a clear message that all of our people -- whether they live in our biggest cities or our most remote reservations -- have the right to feel safe in their own communities, and to raise their children in peace, and enjoy the fullest protection of our laws.
There is not, Andy, let me be specifically clear, not a single shred of evidence that Band Aid or Live Aid money was diverted in any sense.
Unsurprisingly, laws in California are tougher, disallowing robocalls from being put through to a caller until a live human being first asks if the call is acceptable, but there is no clear way to file a complaint to the state when the law is broken (which it invariably is).
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