If only insurers could stealthily gather a few titbits about their potential policyholders' consumption habits.

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One of them had a dog called Scooby who I used to bring titbits for.

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With its elaborate cross-referencing of information, the list offers a wide range of intriguing titbits.

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X-ray pulsar being spun up, and the theory rested on titbits of circumstantial evidence.

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Claire McCaskill, a Democratic senator from Missouri, offers a good mix of thoughts on policy, political titbits, and personal asides.

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Often, too, kisha-club members, whose job is to sit and wait for titbits of information and want to justify their doing so, are loth to share stories with colleagues in their head offices.

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Mr Jospin has handed out a few titbits.

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Almost daily since the beginning of the year the White House has leaked, and then officially released, enticing titbits about the administration's budget for the 2000 fiscal year, which will be formally presented to Congress on February 1st.

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