He spoke for 10 to 20 minutes before introducing a soft break.

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On its back, two strips of soft-touch plastic break the back into segments: a removable bit up top that houses the 3.5mm headphone jack, a micro-SIM, a vacant microSD slot (the phone comes with 16GB of internal storage) and a fixed piece at the bottom, above which you'll find the Xperia logo.

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This past week, Clinton came off a two-month break with a soft roll-out of sorts.

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From various places, soft or loud sobbing would break out and then subside.

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Bacteria in the sewage eats the flies' soft tissues, which releases enzymes that break down the hardened shell.

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Chair of the committee Helen Mary Jones AM raised concerns over the soft ring fencing of money which she compared to a soft boiled egg which "hangs together until you break the shell".

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Soft paternalists argue that, without the power of the state behind such schemes, they will often break down: the sovereign consumer can always veto his own decisions.

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