Mister Armstrong also helped write a funny book about life as a full-time television watcher.

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And Gayle Smith - she's a senior fellow at the Center of American Progress, a long time watcher of affairs in Africa.

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"If we don't see significant breakthroughs in the next year and a half, I think people are just going to lose patience with the PC, " said an attendee, who asked not be named, but said he was an entrepreneur in the health-care industry and a long-time Gates watcher.

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As a longtime Apple watcher, this time all the aspects seem to have lined up and I feel confident the project is real and moving forward.

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