"Her name is always brought up, almost reverentially, in tech circles, " says Sarahjane Sacchetti, communications head at question-and-answer site Formspring.

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That "responsible gun owner" politicians talk about, the one who reverentially passes down to his son the bolt-action rifle his father gave him?

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But residents on Middlesbrough's mean estates ascribe him near-messianic powers, and reverentially recount anecdotes about his pursuit of litter louts and intimidation of thugs.

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They came in the form of the reverentially preserved hulks of armored personnel carriers used by Haganah and Palmach units sent in front of the Jordanian snipers in a continuous attempt to bring reinforcements and food to the besieged Jews of Jerusalem.

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Now we can see what so many other filmmakers have seen (and discussed reverentially) in this poetic story of a young barge captain on the Seine -- "L'Atalante" is the name of his boat -- and the lovely young woman he marries and almost loses.

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