It is perhaps for this reason that fascination surrounded the case.

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Perhaps for this reason, The Scream's influence on modern art has been considerable, as seen in Francis Bacon's Screaming Popes series, Picasso's Guernica and, of course, Andy Warhol's silk prints of Munch's work.

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Perhaps it's for this reason that the app isn't included by default on the Galaxy Note and must instead be downloaded via Google Play.

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Perhaps the main reason for this is that, for the first time, there is now a broad acceptance of the desirability of economic reform.

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For this reason, perhaps, several managers said rates would climb to 4% by 2013.

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Perhaps another reason for a higher open this morning is anticipation of earnings season.

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Perhaps this is the best reason for hope.

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In a statement sent out on his Twitter account as he arrived, he said that lawyers and policemen at the office wanted their picture taken with him, and joked that this was perhaps the real reason for his summons.

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Of course, take any of these patent applications with a generous pinch of salt -- we haven't seen an Apple stylus yet, for example -- but perhaps this is the reason Apple bought fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec back in July.

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When it was being widely reported earlier this year that American consumers were systematically paying down their credit card debt, perhaps there was reason for encouragement.

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