• My brother, though of few words, had been thoughtful and affectionate since his childhood.

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  • The formula is so simple it makes you wonder why nobody though of it before.

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  • And it would show that Quebec nationalism, though of a restrained and moderate variety, is still alive.

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  • Not just about the accident itself, though of course that had gotten to him, as those things will.

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  • It may also represent possible cannibalization of World of Warcraft users, though of course all that remains to be seen.

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  • The 3D periodic table demo, for instance, can be though of as a template for dimensional Pinterest-style pinboards or Flickr-style photo galleries.

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  • Think now though of the problem facing the person who says his money was stolen and of anyone who might try to trace it.

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  • It does not matter, though of course it should, that Lord Burns considers most other ways of killing to be little kinder to the fox.

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  • Is it the view though of what the former condescendingly calls "ordinary" Americans, people who have generally shown more common sense than the likes of Messrs.

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  • Typically this means owning the management layer, through virtualization, though of course companies like Cisco make a case for the network among computers as the critical part.

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  • Fluffing a company, pushing the limits of regulations, hyping the public are time-tested roads to fast money, though of course they contribute nothing in terms of value creation.

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  • Unlike with a variable-rate, Western-style loan, the borrower knows from the start how much the total payments will be (though of course fixed-interest loans are hardly unknown in the West).

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  • Americans are more certain in their support of Mr Bush, though of course this might change if, as in the Vietnam war, the conflict dragged on and the American casualties mounted.

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  • The scandals of paedophile priests and priests with lovers and children has raised questions over just how practical celibacy is (though of course it is not celibacy in itself that makes men paedophiles).

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  • The French are confident that this phase of the campaign will soon be over, adds our correspondent, though of course the vast desert hinterland offers the Islamists endless opportunities to retreat and regroup.

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  • The idea of children actually being allowed on the course so close to the tournament is being hailed as some sort of revelation, though of course it already happens in basically every other sport.

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  • Though of course it is harder than plastic.

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  • Now that the epic project is finally complete Bacteria has provided a rather lengthy walk though of all the various features and the work that went into it, which you can check out after the break.

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  • In Mississippi, a proposal to declare that an embryo is a person in law from the moment of fertilization did not win - a defeat for social conservatism (though of course not all social conservatives are Republican).

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  • "First, the UK and Europe have an incredibly vibrant classical music scene in terms of concert attendance, record labels and journalism - though of course the US is the biggest single country in terms of actual classical music sales, " he said.

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  • The current account deficit has likewise fallen, meaning now that almost all of the country's massive budget deficit is being financed by its own citizens (though of course a significant chunk of the accumulated debt stock is foreign held - notably by Asian central banks).

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  • And by the way, though of course air traffic controllers are more skilled than firefighters, they don't have the, the courage that firefighters have in the way that they have to go into very, very dangerous situations and risk their own lives, and I think the whole community respects that.

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  • Citigroup and Credit Suisse are both expected to release statements of apology, though details of those statements are still being worked out.

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  • Apple has delivered quality and ease of use on lots of products (though as of yet, not so much with Apple TV).

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  • He would not disclose their countries of origin, though one of the ships involved in the rescue, the Carnival Conquest, said the 13 people it picked up are Cuban.

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  • She is fond of Lula, though not of Ms Rousseff, whom she regards as one of the proponents of industrial development who continually overruled her when she was Lula's environment minister.

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  • These drugs can have minor side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, dizziness, headache and pain at the site of injection, though many of these side effects improve or even go away with time.

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  • But this leads to another problem, since it leaves the central bank and the government, already the largest shareholder at several big banks, in control of an increasingly large amount of shares (though much of this is counted as shares held by trust banks).

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  • Road blockades sprang up in dozens of locations throughout France, notably near the airport in Marseille, at wholesale markets in Toulouse and Lille, the Tancarville bridge over the river Seine in Normandy, the A7 motorway south of Lyon and the A6 motorway south of Paris - though some of these were later reported to have been dismantled.

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  • Success in baseball remains something of a mystery (though pots of money continue to help the Yankees and the Sox).

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