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Alma is a Mason Gross student, one of those Sonic Youth, comic-book-reading alternatinas without whom you might never have lost your virginity.

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Once you're good at it, you can get lost in the loop pretty effectively without ever having to look at the computer screen, which presumably helps focus your attention on the sound.

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"For those that look to us in that dreaded moment when you realise a loved one has gone, they would be lost without us, " says the case worker.

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Or the time you lost fifteen pounds and were able to get back into your favorite jeans without cutting off your circulation.

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The idea that a game could be lost if you lose internet for more than three minutes is an enormous problem to players without a stable internet connection.

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The problem lies when you never look at what else you could do with your money, or buy things blindly without considering the lost opportunities.

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