Why can't we fix them so they last longer, or even rip them apart and start again, if we want to?

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But I knew if I tried to speak or even heard her voice, I would fall apart completely.

CNN: Controller thought Hudson landing would be 'death sentence'

In some polls Barack Obama has pulled up to 50 percent or even over it instead of the few points apart at the candidates have been for several weeks now.

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While ants are usually highly territorial, those living within each super-colony are tolerant of one another, even if they live tens or hundreds of kilometres apart.

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Having Kagan as No. 3 could start breaking apart the myth that one woman, or even two, is enough in any important decision-making group, from corporate boards to government agencies.

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Kaysen's eyes locked onto the screen as more slices were removed, some breaking apart even before judges had a chance to poke, prod or consume them.

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Internet engineers or Linux programmers have a common culture and common interests, even if they live continents apart.

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"The trick is getting out before the growth starts to fall apart, " he says, as if it were easy, or even possible, to do this consistently These are high-maintenence investments--once Alger buys a stock its analysts keep calling on vendors, competitors and big customers to pick up any signs a company isn't executing smoothy.

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