That kind of realism appeals to those who've been in combat, like author Tim O'Brien.

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Tim O'Brien, associate director of Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, suggests this would have looked striking.

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Astronomers are increasingly listening into stars and other space sounds, according to Dr Tim O'Brien, of Manchester University's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

BBC: Team records 'music' from stars

On the album produced by mandolinist David Harvey, bluegrass stars from Harley Allen, Tim O'Brien, and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie are called on to interpret "Your Wildest Dreams, " "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, " and "Nights in White Satin, " among others.

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"We are betting big on the cloud with our most successful product, and we are investing heavily both in the product engineering side and the physical infrastructure side, " Tim O'Brien, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, said last year when the company first unveiled a Web-based version of its Office software.

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The hiring of Tim O'Brien from The New York Times was a watershed moment for the Huffington Post, serving as a statement of big-time journalistic ambitions and putting the media world on notice that what had started as a scrappy start-up was in the market for the most premium sort of talent.

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Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee and Iain O'Brien all fell to Johnson before Clark bowled last man Chris Martin with a yorker, leaving Daniel Flynn high and dry on 39 not out.

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