Egypt has also been somewhat quiet publicly about how much support it is willing to provide to this international campaign.

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But ultimately, what we need is a reasonable, responsible, and initially, probably, somewhat quiet and toned-down conversation about, all right, where can we compromise and get something done.

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Well it was, somewhat predictably, another quiet one, the biggest news being not one but two new mobile operating systems getting demonstrated.

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When I first heard about these plans early in 2010, I was somewhat dubious, but there does seem to be a quiet commitment.

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