The best on paper is the vacant seat at Mercedes - formerly Brawn - alongside Nico Rosberg, but that is expected to be taken by Michael Schumacher.

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You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd wandered into the wrong venue and taken your seat for a classical piano recital - all that stands before us is a plain stage and a grand piano.

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Apple also sold 4.9 million Mac computers, which have taken something of a back seat during the launch of the iPhone 4S. The figure is a 27% increase over last year, BBC News reports.

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And when Sonia Sotomayor ascends those marble steps to assume her seat on the highest court in the land, America will have taken another important step toward realizing the ideal that is etched about its entrance: Equal justice under the law.

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"The way airlines have taken 130-seat airplanes and expanded them to 150 seats to squeeze out more revenue I think is finally catching up with them, " said Dean Headley, a business professor at Wichita State University who has co-written the annual report for 23 years.

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"The way airlines have taken 130-seat airplanes and expanded them to 150 seats to squeeze out more revenue I think is finally catching up with them, " said Dean Headley, a business professor at Wichita State University in Kansas who has co-written the annual report for 23 years.

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