It's only annoying at the bottom of the screen, but it breaks up the flow of an otherwise flawless screen.

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And certainly the only thing more annoying than listening to Jingle Bells is listening to it played from a nearby cubicle-monkey's coffer.

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As I noted in this piece, ferocious as it can seem, the IRS mostly can only send you annoying mail, until you get to liens and levies.

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Not only would this be annoying, it would be offensive.

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They treat environmental pressures as annoying obligations and only do the minimum required by law.

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Existing treatments such as niacin elevate HDL only 25% or so and carry annoying side effects such as flushing.

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He has 17 applications pending, including some that he describes only as having something to do with annoying phone calls.

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Instead of 10 to 12 annoying cancellations on good days, Delta now averages only about one a day when there aren't storms, for example.

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It doesn't quite work the same as on your Discman or iPod because it only works from the home screen, but still, they get kudos for eliminating the annoying key combo.

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Although smoking rooms are becoming more rare, it can be annoying to find yourself in a smoking room if you check in late and they are the only rooms available.

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The patient known only as Mother, (a brave performance by Catherine Cox) opens with a comical number about how annoying doctors can be, constantly asking her who the president is.

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