However, stuck in traffic with his wife and assistant, Mr. Branson employed precisely the kind of grabbing at opportunity that Dr. Bargmann had described.

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And we collected there a handful of stray Defense Department officials who were also stranded by the suspension of the commercial air traffic and these included Under Secretary Dov Zakheim, Assistant Secretary Peter Rodman and his deputy Bill Luti and General John Abizaid, then on the joint staff, and now as you know Tommy Frank's successor as the commander of the Central Command.

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The Google Now personal assistant can tell you if there's a traffic jam on your regular route home and suggest an alternative.

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