And its engineers revealed a host of ideas including desks that recognise users and match their ergonomic requirements, widespread gesture control and online content that queries itself.

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In some ways, Democrats are sounding like Republicans in the health care debacle, who demand to be included, offer a host of ideas, and when a few are accepted, they say it's not enough.

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The first is that a host of new ideas for extending IT to better support the business will occur.

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And there is a host of microeconomic ideas, such as tax breaks for research and development, designed to promote investment.

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In the past, that has produced a host of dubious ideas to which the United States suddenly finds itself wed.

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Obviously, again, Mara, those meetings are ongoing in identifying and looking at a whole host of those ideas.

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Amid a host of good intentions, some ideas stood out.

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And a host of other governors, hopefully Democrat and Republican governors, will put ideas forward, put concepts forward, try them out in their states.

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In this role Crane served as host and producer of "Bloomberg Brink, " a show highlighting cutting-edge technology and new ideas, and "The Next Space Race, " taking viewers on a journey through the thriving space exploration industry.

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Not only does this deal with a host of important issues around such issues as special education needs and adoption, but quite a number of backbench MPs have ideas they want to add in.

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