But pricing the 700 and 701 at 270 and 290 euros seems weirdly defiant considering they feature a rapidly dying operating system and follow spring Symbian launches that flopped soundly.

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The glut will get even worse if Hollywood actors and writers follow through on a threatened strike this spring: Since reality casts aren't unionized, networks would be free to flood the airwaves with the guys and girls next door.

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Visits to the former imperial city of Hue, a vegetarian Buddhist monastery and the herb farms around Hoi An follow (participants pick lemongrass, basil and cilantro and use them to make fresh spring rolls).

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Even baseball televises its draft held during the playing season which is hilarious, since player development in baseball takes far longer than most sports. (Watching a baseball draft is like watching the planting of an oak tree.) There's summer-league NBA to follow and signing day and of course the heat-seeking thrill circus that is intrasquad spring college football.

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