She closed the cell phone and held it to her throat, shut her eyes, and felt Pete all around her.

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Late Thursday, Lott called Daschle's cell phone in the middle of a closed-door Democratic caucus to tell him there would be no deal.

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The membrane started out very leaky, but over time, the membranes would have slowly closed, preventing much larger sodium particles from leaving the cell while smaller protons could still slip through.

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- An American Airlines pilot booted Alec Baldwin off a flight Tuesday because the actor refused to turn off his cell phone after the plane's doors were closed for departure, the airline said Wednesday.

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New technologies mostly start off as closed systems, because they can evolve more rapidly that way (think cell walls.) But once a technology becomes universally available the dynamic shifts, and open standards allow the growth to be consolidated with other, often competing, technologies.

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There's location data from your cell phone, there's a record of your movements from closed-circuit TVs.

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And while we're obsessing over details, don't forget to pin your name and cell phone number to the inside of your kids' clothes and make sure your family wears closed-toe shoes to the park.

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