"What an interesting topic, " a distinguished scholar wrote in reply to a query from me.

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His reply was swift and caught me off guard.

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As Sri Lanka began their reply, it was important for me to get a wicket early.

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Now before somebody decides to state the obvious and reply to this comment by telling me dismissively that these are merely my opinions, well yes, they are my opinions.

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Your projection of me, obvious by your reply, is so far off it is laughable.

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She sent me back an immediate enthusiastic reply.

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All I have to do it reply to the email and everything is stored for me in the cloud.

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It took less than a minute for my reply feed to fill with women eager to tell me about their distaste, and sometimes intense hate, of the new website.

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He gave me permission to reprint his quick informal e-mail reply, which follows.

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You may cut me off in mid-sentence or gaze at your Blackberry during my reply.

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His reply was pretty grumpy, especially when I told him that Mr Sants had said to me that banks like his were holding more cash than the regulator was insisting they had to do.

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