And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach around to clean my back.

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Yet, no matter how hard I try, I just can't give my videos to WMV.

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No matter how hard I tried to get close to her, I felt like a distant relative.

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This followed me to college where no matter how hard I tried, I never quite fit in with any group.

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This was the first time in my life I had realized that no matter how hard I worked I could not control my future and was a victim of circumstance.

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"The lawn needs to be watered, the cat box is stinky, there are dirty socks in the living room, silverware in the grass out back, and I can't get those children to get to bed at 7:30 no matter how hard I try, " he says.

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But no matter how much I like the way it looks, this new external hard drive-sized system has a few odd quirks.

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