Recently in a social situation, I was introduced to a physician.

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You could also force yourself to stop checking when you're in a social situation, like out to dinner with friends. (Last Saturday night, I shoved my phone way down into my purse where I couldn't see it).

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The models feel solid and well-built (the stainless steel versions, in particular, are pleasantly weighty on the wrist) and we get the impression that you could pass them off in virtually any social situation without the awkward "holy cow, you're a geek of epic proportion" moments.

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South Koreans know about the terrible economic and social situation in North Korea, but the stories of six defectors from the North shocked me.

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Meanwhile, the political and social situation in Greece continues to deteriorate.

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Antonio Ortiz, a researcher specializing in international trade for CIDE, one of Mexico's leading social science research institutions, said the situation is extremely complex in Mexico.

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"We must make an effort, because at the moment we are living in a country where there's a difficult social situation because of the evictions, " he said.

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At a briefing with reporters Tuesday, spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States was monitoring the situation in Iran through a number of media, including social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, but deflected questions about the State Department talks with Twitter.

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And as Richard Hofstadter wrote at one point, that fear is natural in American discourse when people - or is a natural expression in American discourse when people see something threatening their social position or their social situation.

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Uncertainty over the situation in Saudi Arabia has rattled markets in recent weeks, as fears that social unrest could spread to the oil-rich kingdom could cause substantial supply disruptions and derail the global economic recovery.

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This is exactly the situation top brand marketers find themselves in with the recent ascendancy of image-based social media networks like Pinterest and Instagram.

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In a report, they stressed "the disastrous political and social effects of a 'two-city' situation developing" and favoured the concept of the Protestant Waterside "remaining what it traditionally had been, a suburb of Derry".

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Referring to neighboring Laos, Yun raised concern over the disappearance of award-winning social activist Sombath Somphone and the situation faced by Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who lives in exile to avoid imprisonment on what Yun said were politically motivated charges.

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In what ways can we conbine different media and link them to already-established local social networks to improve the situation of the poor?

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