The experience isn't horrible, but when compared to what's available on the iPad, it's obvious things could be better.

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It's not that I was unhappy in what I now think of as "the dogless years, " but I suspected things could be better.

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And there are a lot of things that could be better.

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He defended the reduction in civil-service headcount, saying it had "grown unnecessarily" under Labour and, in many cases, things could be done better with fewer staff.

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Things could hardly be better right now for the Knicks, who carried a 2-0 first-round series lead over the Boston Celtics after Tuesday's convincing victory at Madison Square Garden.

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The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, despite its strong track record of delivering citizen services, came to a consensus that things could be done better, faster, and smarter.

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"In my childlike thinking, I thought if I could be perfect, things would be better, " she said.

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Flowers said demand at the food bank is higher than ever, which could be seen as evidence that things have not gotten better in this swing state.

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They know that ambling through the countryside on a weekend afternoon carries an intolerable opportunity cost: the time could be so much better spent on greater things, such as whitewater canoeing or off-road biking.

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That could easily be just the right amount of time to make things worse rather than better.

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