Suddenly, I saw our battalion commander, Colonel Timothy Halloran (Happy was his nickname), take a seat on a nearby bench, and the mere reality of his presence soothed me a bit, as often happened when he hove into sight.

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But when volunteers were asked to eat the chips in the presence of these other foods and to report how much they liked them, those who ate chips in the presence of chocolate enjoyed them every bit as much as did those who ate them in the presence of sardines.

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Anyone who sees the videos accompanying this story will agree that he has not lost one bit of his presence.

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They certainly apply in spades in Okinawa, the lynchpin of America's forward presence in East Asia and home to training areas every bit as essential to the readiness of U.S. forces in the Pacific as Vieques is to their Atlantic-based counterparts.

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That's not necessarily an idea that would bring a lot of comfort to some folks who are a little bit nervous about the increasing U.S. business presence in China, the announcement, for instance, that GE, is sending its radiological business completely over to China.

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It's a bit subtle to the untrained eye, but BlackBerry diehards may well notice the presence of two large, orange buttons on either side of the trackball that jut out a few millimeters.

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Rachel sounded the same as always -- a bit off-key and boring -- but she does have that camera presence down and I like when she's standing still...on a trampoline...instead of bopping around the stage.

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