It took off anyway, and soon faux-newspaper companies sprung up everywhere for the not-so-secret purpose of delivering paid Minitel services.

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When the Occupy Wall Street protesters first began to assemble it seemed like a small and not all that impressive version of a large twitter fueled protest movement that had sprung up everywhere around the world.

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Good private schools of varying stripes have sprung up everywhere during the last ten years, even in Arkansas. (All those rich Wal-Mart Stores executives living in Fayetteville have insisted on it.) Outside the Upper Midwest, college towns usually are the best bet for public K-12 schools.

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