Hac:Man's success with a giant Etch-a-Sketch at a Maker Faire in 2011 got the group thinking about a follow-up, said Mr Lang.

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Mr. Bush afforded a small group an insight into his thinking on this and related matters, and a sense of the urgency he will attach to the Patriot Act's renewal, in a meeting last Thursday.

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This is a group, obviously, that spends a lot of time thinking both about domestic issues and international issues.

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