But, as Canadian officials explain, the type of checking set up for, say, the chemical-weapons treatydoes not fit small, cheap weapons that can be put together in anybody's basement.

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The most bare-boned type of account is zero-interest basic checking.

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Once your friend or associate receives the email, they'll type in the debit card account number of their choosing and Square will fund the associated checking account within 48 hours.

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But the box for the Windows 8 Pro DVD I was using only suggested running this utility and checking with the manufacturer's website, in tiny type at the bottom of its back cover.

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This type of message would not be out of the ordinary for her, so I clicked through the link while checking my email from my phone.

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It looks great and while it does not have the functionality of, say, Microsoft Word, you can do things like automatic spell checking as you type as well as insert tables, images, and lists.

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