After all, these are the individuals investing considerable time, resources, and training to carry their schools into a mobile-based, cloud-connected future.

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"We have built up knowledge with the ATV on some technologies that are on the leading edge, and it would be quite a pity if we just stopped after all the time and money we have invested these technologies, " Nico Dettmann, who runs Esa's ATV programme, told me.

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After all, when we wear these devices, those clever engineers at Google will know where we are all the time.

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After spending time in China and asking businesspersons and government officials about all of these issues, Malkiel came away with the impression that the society is making progress on all fronts and will be able to manage them.

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After all, haven't we been receiving all these "safe haven" capital flows, every time the financial markets panic about the creditworthiness of Greece, Italy or the rest?

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After all, it is these neglected films that remind us of how we lived in a specific period of time, according to Salles, and by saving them, history is being preserved.

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Another possibility is that these guys spend all their time training in ski-towns, where there is little to do after dark besides drink and eat.

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