Congress does, after all, have the power to amend or repeal its own law, though Barack Obama has the veto, and has promised to use it should Congress try to dodge the bullet.

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Mr. GORDON: One thing that's pointed out in the memo is that the Americans should go to the Saudis and try to get them to use their influence with the Saudi tribes in Iraq.

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They say Britain should use its 2013 G8 presidency to tackle hunger and try to save a million lives a year.

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Their dilemma: should they use the combination or try a shorter sequence of numbers to see if it will open faster?

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There are two reason for this: First, many consumers have no idea what they should do to secure the products they use and, second, manufacturers try to make installation as painless as possible by allowing devices to work with default configurations.

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We should learn how to use the gifts of nature and maintain ecological balance of nature before we try to tap them.

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