Not only does their presence give Ms. Loos a wide-ranging cast of comic characters with which to work, but it makes the Jersey Mecca Cocktail Bar look full and feel festive, which is part of the point of the play.

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These machines use technology similar to videogame consoles of five years ago but have full-sized keyboards, display Chinese characters on a TV screen and can run a wide variety of educational and entertainment software.

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Twitter, where users can post comments of 140 characters or less, says more than 200 million people world-wide use the service at least twice a month.

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