Every time a paper cup is used for coffee, a banknote is used, an email is printed, the post arrives or a physical newspaper is read at a desk, the paperless ideal disappears back into the mythology it came from.

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Some people tend to read such physical cues as a sign of a good workout or progress, whereas many sedentary people just find them uncomfortable or painful, say researchers.

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But part of starting up is overcoming not just the physical obstacles that we all read about, but winning the mental battle too.

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Then, out of a sense of duty, I forced myself to read the book on the physical Kindle 2.

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They play with children in pediatric units, help kids learn to read, promote fitness and physical activity, and so much more.

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Mobile Accessibility has been specifically designed by Code Factory for people who are blind or visually impaired and for elderly individuals or those who cannot read print on smartphones because of physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive or learning disabilities.

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Read more of Lappin's commentary on financial and physical fitness at joanlappin.com.

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But local card thefts are usually the result of a physical swipe (either a photocopy of both sides or a magnetic read), during which the perp obtains the first three but not the fourth item.

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As they read, the first-rate cast gets more and more physical, ending in a kind of mild anarchy to no real purpose.

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Why can I read this book on one eBook reader and not another when it costs the same as a physical book?

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