Of that, at least, surely the tough-talking Sir Alan, who has described his own target market as the "truck driver and his wife" and business as "all about the punters", would begrudgingly approve.

BBC: Bridge Cafe montage

Stern had shrewdly used his Satellite show as a platform to negotiate, telling his listeners, which surely included his bosses, that he had been talking to other companies, exploring his options on terrestrial and Internet radio.

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Surely there was something locally interesting going on that people were talking about all over the Web -- something culturally relevant and noteworthy that could give us a deeper glimpse into the psyche and spirit of New York.

CNN: Apparently This Matters: Paging Dr. Mario

It will be the public that do the talking, in terms of ticket sales in 2012 in particular, but surely I cannot be alone in being severely critical of the two boards who, by staging so many matches against each other, are cheapening cricket's most anticipated contest.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Texting, surely a gaming offshoot in many ways, has changed the tonality of writing and even talking.

FORBES: Nowtime Three

Surely I thought that someone at Delta actually knew something about this program and what they were talking about!

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