"No, " one staffer in tortoiseshell glasses replied when asked whether she planned to attend a match.

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We had to, she had replied when her questioners would not leave her alone, although no one had understood her.

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Mr Weadock replied that his sample was not scientifically determined, and said: "No-one outside Microsoft has ever viewed a Web browser as being part of an operating system".

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