And you had a real sense, then, of a life that you just missed.

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You just missed 12 years of pain!

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Perhaps more than anything else, just being missed, just not having you home.

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Just in case you missed them, there were two quotes in particular that Democrats want you to hear.

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And all that may be only the tip of the iceberg (just in case you missed the Titanic analogy).

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Just in case you missed it the first time around, or fell off your chair and forgot what you were reading about: Sony will lose the equivalent (or more) to the retail price of a competing console every time a cash register rings up a PS3 sale this holiday.

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Now, just in case some of you missed me on Thursday, I want to lay out once again what I'm talking about with this plan.

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You may have missed it because it was just a quick reference.

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Now, for those of you who missed it last night, let me just repeat what I want us to do.

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However, unlike with WP8 and its NT kernel, other apps have no access to the lockscreen, so all you'll get at a glance will be calendar appointments or sparse notification icons for email, calls or SMS. Any missed tweets or Facebook interaction, for instance, will remain just that if you pull your phone out of a pocket and glance at it.

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