Depression is not only a source of terrible personal suffering but also a huge economic burden on society.

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But Microsoft argues that the release of the new version of Windows is critical not only to the company but to a personal computer industry seeing one of the worst downturns in its history.

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The computer in turn "can tell not only what ails you, but you get a drug that is optimized for your own personal DNA, " Horn said.

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For Romney, who probably knows more about personal income taxes than most Americans, the concept behind his statements is not only a flim-flam, it implies that somehow half the population is not working and on the dole.

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From there, in fact, maybe even a greater piece of information is the credit report, because the credit report, obviously, not only gives a Social Security number and personal information about the individual, but it also goes on to indicate where the person has their holdings, whether they have home equity loans, and effectively, they can obtain driver's licenses from that and then they can get open bank accounts.

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