"The government will try not to do something they don't think they can handle right now, " said Eddie Hui, Professor at the Department of Building and Real Estate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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The failure, though -- the failure to try is not something the President wants to do.

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And the Democrats are desperate to try to do something that might satisfy the gay and lesbian community and not endanger the bill.

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For those who do want their devices back, it's best not to try to retrieve something oneself, says San Francisco police officer Marc Hinch, who runs Stolen911, a blog devoted to tracking down stolen property.

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The deals we offered for SBS were definitely not things we would do year-round, but for one day, we were willing to try something different.

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