Casey Affleck isn't a star -- not yet, anyhow -- but he's using that to his advantage.

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Her mother was surprised to get the contract, in duplicate, but signed it anyhow.

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The Centre Party had anyhow been coming apart at the seams, but Mr Barak is also having little joy from his two main coalition partners, the Sephardic- Orthodox Shas party and the leftist-secular Meretz party, which are at each other's throats over state finance for Shas schools.

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There may not be much mystery left surrounding the IdeaTab S2110, but Lenovo's making it official at IFA anyhow.

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Regrettably, the Japanese DSLR dominator had pretty early firmware on board and refused to let us take any sample pictures or video, but we were able to compile a few impressions anyhow.

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So anyhow, we took a walk around the company's offices, escorted by a group of unarmed but surely lethal Finnish ninjas, taking shots of the surrounding cityscape as we went.

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The MacBooks just sport the 9400M, but if you're looking for a powerhouse, you're probably looking towards the Pro anyhow.

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Anyhow, Max's passing reminds me that I'm blessed not just to have met him, but for another reason, because my political, cultural and musical consciousness developed at a most wonderful time.

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