London - When push comes to litigation, it's often smoother to patch things up outside the stodginess of the courtroom.

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Adding Bluetooth chips to the patch would enable an item of clothing to literally tell you to wear it if the weather report it picked up from the Internet warranted it.

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Nonetheless, this time it may take more than just a bit of reassurance to patch up fraying Franco-Turkish ties.

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It will likely just patch up a few plot holes and attempt to put the whole situation in the rearview.

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If the two Slavic republics can patch up a deal, then it will be harder for Kosovo to resist international pressure to accept some sort of association with Yugoslavia.

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