The minimum wage has been a part of American life for so long now that very few citizens have any memory of a time when it did not exist.

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Other factors are in play: a caught phrase, a chord change, a memory of the singer (or the video), or a memory of a time when the song was playing.

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Moreover, Sony pushes its own proprietary technology, including the Memory Stick used in the new Cli, at a time when the rest of the world has embraced open standards.

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