With the press of a switch, I start to winch in the chain.

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The pen works as a transmitter: When you press down to write, a switch inside the pen turns it on.

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With a mechanical keyboard, on the other hand, each key press triggers an actual on-off switch a feeling as solid as flicking on the lights.

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Those of us in the press followed, digging hard for stories about corporate malfeasance and regulators asleep at the switch. (There was plenty to find.) Suddenly, being an FDA reviewer who had been too easy on a new drug meant that you might have to defend yourself in front of Congress.

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With the press of a button, you can switch instantly to Android 4.1.

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Having spent the past four seasons with the Jets, Pettine says Friday in his introductory press conference that the talent level in Buffalo was one factor in his decision to switch teams two weeks ago.

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New to Claystone 2.0 is the tandem launcher, which allows users to quickly switch back and forth between the Claystone environment and another launcher with a single press of the home button.

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However, euros are paper and to increase the gold supply you have to go to much greater lengths than switch on a printing press.

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Rather than using a passcode or swipe pattern to unlock the phone's screen, the new handset's fingerprint sensor allows users to simply press and slide a finger across a switch to quickly unlock it.

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