And also, early adopters of some new technologies will look a little strange to the rest of us.

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Stanley Cup finals telecasts involving Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh or Chicago are pretty much a lock to draw 4.5 million viewers, which is a big number for hockey in the U.S. "Within the hockey universe, fans have this strange ability to look at the matchups and find their reasons to watch, " said Jay Rosenstein, the former vice president of programming at CBS Sports.

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Look closely at the strange arithmetic that Congress uses to keep budget deficits within bounds.

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Brenner and his team are out there on the boulevards of Camden demonstrating the possibilities of a strange new approach to health care: to look for the most expensive patients in the system and then direct resources and brainpower toward helping them.

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Jeff Skilling had a strange look on his face, as he took the oath and then stepped forward to take the stand.

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And it's really pretty emotional as far as we can tell, which is lenders of other kinds of financial instruments - corporate loans, other kinds of loans, begin to look over their shoulder and say, oh, gee, did we do any of the strange things that the subprime mortgage market did.

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