Whatever the explanation, on Tuesday the Apple-watching world will see how Jobs looks and sounds.
Only rarely do countries get the opportunity to describe themselves to a watching world.
We were granted rare filming access on site at Canary Wharf, where workers spoke of their fears watching World Trade Center staff who were trapped.
And the fact that there is now agreement across this house between all parties shows the watching world that this is not about party politics but the fundamental rights of victims and their families.
But if anything good has come out of all this, it might just be that the old Sudanese government ways of secrecy and stifling bureaucracy have relaxed a little under the pressure of an impatient, watching world.
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By your gracious cooperation in the transition process, you have shown a watching world that we are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty to a greater degree than any other, and I thank you and your people for all your help in maintaining the continuity which is the bulwark of our Republic.
But there may be other benefits to watching the World Cup, regardless of how your favored team performs.
In passing, we will talk about good versus evil, irrational exuberance versus dark euphoria, techno-utopian abundance versus collapsonimics, and good places to get coffee while watching the world end (or get taken over by Skynet).
Though it would be easy to spend every day watching the world awaken from the comfort of the fluffy white beds, I wanted to get closer to the action, so I hopped on one of the small launch boats that ferries guests to a land-based safari.
"The whole world is watching, and I think the whole world will be able to reach the proper conclusion as to who is responsible, " he added.
This time, with the world watching, the sanctions may have to be much more exemplary.
If she fails on this front, she knows it will be with the world watching.
Not only is the rest of the world watching, they are supporting the keepers.
However, Meadows believes the home crowd will enjoy watching their British world championship medallists just as much.
Now the challenge is putting the Humpty-Dumpty deal talks back up on the wall, with the whole world watching.
"I remember in Sri Lanka watching the Rugby World Cup final with Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles, " Trescothick revealed.
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Even with the pressure of the world watching, she said the "getting ready" process before the annual show is lighthearted.
Basically, it was a way to make people feel less guilty about watching baseball during World War I by tying the game to patriotism.
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At the peak of the YouTube coverage, that was the number of concurrent viewers (views) reported from around the world watching the successful feat.
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With the world watching and the media attention at the mine intense, Sepulveda said he hoped to maintain a low-key profile now that they are being rescued.
The organisers didn't have a Plan B so there was no way to communicate the result to the drivers, the teams and fans watching around the world.
With business schools around the world watching nervously as applications to open-enrolment programmes dwindle, such tailored training may provide at least part of the solution to the downturn.
Inside the stadium, brands will receive attention from those who paid the price to attend the game and the rest of the world watching the Super Bowl on TV.
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For almost anyone selling anything, the Beijing Olympics are a chance to reach 1.3 billion people in an economy with double-digit growth, not to mention billions more watching around the world.
Concerned by the debt the club has accumulated under the Glazers, a number of fans plan to enter the ground 10 minutes after kick-off to expose empty seats at the ground with millions of people watching around the world.
The rest of the developing world is watching closely to see whether it can be solved.
"The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching, " Obama said in a written statement.
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Our friends throughout the world are watching and wondering whether America will abandon them as well.
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