But truth be told, there's less of a cultural gap between her and her younger beau than there was between my last boyfriend and me.

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From the outside looking in, it may seem like a slow process but truth be told, messaging slowly unfolds as ideas are pushed into the spotlight and examined.

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But truth be told, any award once conferred on Donald Rumsfeld carries extra luster, and I am very proud to see my name added to such a distinguished list.

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Damnit, the last way that I wanted to start off my trip to the Oregon coast was by popping off about a piece of technology, but truth be told, my past nine months with the TomTom Via 1530 have been building to this point.

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In the past we talked about "dual use" military-civilian technologies, but truth be told, not much of what's in a bomb migrates back to a BMW. However, the money flowing into military and homeland infra-structure security will leverage revolutionary technologies and materials of the new digital age.

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But truth be told, this exact same story made the circuit about six months ago, when Reggie Fils-Aime sat down with a number of media outlets during the 3DS launch and said that children under seven shouldn't watch 3D, calling the rule a "standard protocol" in the industry.

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But, truth be told, career reinvention is a continuous process for most people.

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But, truth be told, illegal immigration cuts across party lines, race lines.

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But, truth be told, my title is a paraphrase of something Mark Donovan, comScore SVP of mobile, said in regards to the findings of a recent study as part of its Mobile Metrix 2.0 service.

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But the truth must be told.

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But people have to be told the truth.

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They taught me that punishment would not go away, but would be far less severe if I told the truth about what happened and how or why I veered off the charted course.

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