Some of the newer digital models have 360-degree scanning, for example, which allows the device to scan automatically for a dominant voice say, the back-seat driver and emphasize the sound coming from there.

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Making full use of the fact that it fields the most powerful army in the country and owing as well to the US's decision to abandon the pro-Western March 14 movement in favor of an approach that makes no distinction between America's friends and foes in Lebanon, Hizbullah strong-armed its way back to the driver's seat in the new Lebanese government.

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