The company will no doubt issue a press release first thing Monday morning with the tally, but Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray expects that 8 million will be sold this opening weekend.

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The episode seemed to cast a momentary doubt over Britain's decision to release him from almost 17 months' detention, on the ground that the elderly general was too ill for extradition or trial.

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The release of xenon gas in May throws the conventional view into doubt.

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The release also said Cathy Lee, the interpreter, had called into doubt an account of a meeting with a man who had been badly injured while making iPads.

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Yet there are good reasons to doubt whether this and other strategies, such as delaying the release of electronic versions of new books for several months after the print launch, will halt the creeping commoditisation of books.

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While Mr. Roy, a Wall Street analyst, can no doubt afford that hot new piece of technology on day one of release, most Americans have to wait until the manufacturer has amortized enough of its costs to lower the price or, alternatively, settle for something they can more easily afford or for nothing at all.

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So of course we have little doubt that someone will blast us in the comments for not mentioning their favorite release this week.

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Though I doubt Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Box exclusive, it could still release as part of a package deal.

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If the walls could talk in Dublin's oldest watering holes they would no doubt have some colourful stories to reveal about the city's literary greats trying to release the muse over a few pints.

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