The security situation improved markedly, though life is still occasionally dangerous.
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"If you can imagine going though life not understanding what people are saying to you and not being able to communicate how you are feeling, it can be a really scary place, " she says.
For college football players hoping to get chosen in the NFL draft, though, life was simpler.
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Regardless of whether you're loyal to Ma Bell or the Now Network, you can expect the same high-end design and fast performance, though battery life seems to vary modestly depending on the carrier.
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And though her life and those of the financiers that populate the sterile walkways of Canary Wharf are only separated by the rail lines at Poplar station, for Lorna, they are worlds apart.
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Kepler is searching for Earth-like planets around far-flung stars, and the Mars Science Laboratory will sample the Red Planet's geology looking for the building blocks of life - though it will not explicitly look for life itself.
Even though adjusting to life in South Korea was not easy, I made a plan and started studying for the university entrance exam.
This has resulted in huge numbers of people signing up to look around Second Life though evidence suggests relatively few are becoming dedicated residents.
Indeed, though in earlier life a typical French interventionist, Mr de Silguy now admits to learning useful lessons, in Brussels no less, in economic liberalism.
There are other celebrations of his life though, such as from the Canadian Radio station which plays nothing but his music each year on 22 December.
It is also, though, because life assurers are so complicated, a fact that is born out by the 800-plus pages of the official report into the affair published by Lord Penrose, a senior judge, this week (see article).
As long as that attitude is pervasive, the high price of prescription drugs is likely to remain a problem for drugmakers, who are baffled that they are nearly as reviled as tobacco companies even though they make life saving medicines.
In real life, though, financial debacles seem to happen much more frequently than once a century.
He devoted his life, though, to making that path a little easier for those who followed.
The deal got new life Friday though, with Glencore raising its bid.
He told me that Britain, and the BBC, saved his life - though I think that is putting it too strongly.
Her gorgeous sister Margaret Calvin Bowles followed a similar path, modeling and living the jetsetter life, though she married only twice.
Clifford Mortimer was blinded when John was 13, yet continued his law practice and his life as though nothing had happened.
If your social get-together is a bit smaller and less audiophile-centric, though, the battery life may last you all the way through.
And this education continued throughout his life, though there came a time when the blue spiral notebook was supplanted by a tape recorder.
Chany seems happy with her life, though she complains that she has problems obtaining a visa to visit her German boyfriend in Berlin.
Of course, there's no telling what these fancy transitions would do for battery life, though we can assume it doesn't make your battery last longer.
The big secret in life, though, is to be able to see things from a seat which you are not being paid to sit in!
Though competition has made life cheaper for businesses that make a lot of long-distance calls, ordinary people still pay high prices for lines and local calls.
As far as runtime is concerned, a Toshiba rep indicated that the company is aiming for at least two days of battery life, though that figure is hardly final.
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Though showing sparks of life lately, the US economy remains weak, hobbled by stagnant household incomes and hesitancy on the part of businesses to invest until the growth outlook clears.
Downsides include a relatively pokey 200MHz core, poor battery life (though nothing BlackJack owners can't relate to, we reckon), and -- yeah, we're starting to nitpick here -- the lack of a mirror next to the camera.
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