We already have Google's own Samsung-made Nexus 10 as a high-water mark for a reference design, what with its 10-inch screen, Butter-smooth Android 4.2 OS and Retina-like 2, 560 x 1, 600 resolution.

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Before the advent of the euro, Germany's mark was Switzerland's main point of reference including a period in the 1970s when the Swiss National Bank pegged the franc against the mark to rein in a surge in the Swiss currency.

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There is a bookmark feature on the Sony Reader such that you can mark multiple passages and pages for later reference, but there's no on-board search capability.

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Mr McCausland said the SDLP's reference to "social landlords" did not include the private-rented sector, however the proposer Mark Durkan said this term was intended to include this sector.

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