On the other side of the door, the constant stream of phone calls and door-knocks can drive a voter nuts.

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And, like the unstoppable power of tidewaters, the reality of our lives would rush in: an overflowing pile of snail mail, a deluge of emails, a flood of phone calls, and a stream of meetings.

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He had found that once he arrived in the office, between the unending stream of e-mails, phone calls and meetings, the top priorities on his list rarely got addressed.

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With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.

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The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, send a narrow stream of X-rays off and through nearby objects and read which ones bounce back.

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Grainy images of viewers stream in from New York or Guam and get screened and stacked like calls for a talk-radio show.

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Neidl calls SkyWest the powerhouse of the regional carriers and likes its steady earnings stream and cash flow generation.

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Just load-up Skype and Novac's software onto your home PC, slip in their USB stick with integrated analog tuner, and voila, you're ready to stream the sweet, sweet TV out the Internet to any of the newer Skype clients capable of video calls.

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