That's right, starting on Monday you'll be able to say screw you to Cingular or ta ta to T-Mobile and keep rocking your precious RAZR even after you've jumped ship and signed up with a new provider.

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If you assume that 1 million will vote in the November race, and if you assume the Republican candidate, whatizname, will get 5%, or 50, 000 votes, ta-da, the winner must pull 50.1% of the remaining 950, 000, or 475, 001 votes.

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But he adds that such deployment to conflict zones should not put people off joining the TA because members retain the choice whether they go or not.

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Again, there is no denying that the stage arts want to dazzle, too: The vocal pyrotechnics in opera, repetitive turns in ballet, or melodramatic breakdowns in plays all result in "ta-da" moments that the audience rewards with applause.

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Despite the state of the economy since 2008, he said TA recruitment had seen little change in terms of take-up or drop-out rates.

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Lt Col Turner said that while the economy had put pressure on some people to leave the army to focus on their main jobs or seek employment elsewhere, others valued the pay and skills offered by the TA even more.

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The allure of nothingness, on the other hand, fuels the narrative in "Taste of Cherry" ("Ta'm-e guilass, " 1997), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

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