The music is tranquil, the pacing is whatever I want it to be, I can collect and horde, I can be a thief or assassin (all my killings are assassinations because I am of the Dark Brotherhood be it contract or not).

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Taxpayers can no longer rely on the fact that their name is not known to the IRS. With relatively minimal information received from a thief or a shell-company wire transfer, the IRS can extract the intelligence it needs from the Swiss authorities and use it to prosecute the taxpayer.

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Call your bank immediately if you suspect your card was lost, stolen or its information captured by a thief.

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Students likely know right from wrong, so rather than, say, discussing whether a student would turn in a roommate caught stealing, Ms. Chang says she'll lead a debate on how or if a student might maintain a relationship with the thief.

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Both thief and owner recognize private property even in the absence of a government or legal system, and even if the thief chooses to ignore this.

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Not only will it protect your precious files from a fiery or watery demise, but it will also protect you in the even that a thief walks away with your PCs.

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Some noise on the pavement very near, a thief with a paring knife or the stammer of casual rounds from a passing car.

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Besides stealing electronic cash, a thief could exploit stored data for mischief - or blackmail.

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If someone told you that your most valuable business assets could be stolen in a minute and that it would be almost impossible to catch the thief or even figure out what had been stolen, would you believe it?

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There's a great deal of variety in Thief II's missions, which include stealing plans, tailing a suspect, or escaping from your own apartment.

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