The name " Windows 8" may have been tossed around a lot as of late, but Steve Ballmer himself has only just now uttered the name for the first time in public at the company's developer forum in Japan.

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"There have been a lot of people around the state calling for a broader discussion, " Brodsky said.

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There have been a lot of charges thrown around here - the idea that, you know, this is Stalinism, this is a police state.

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"The scaffolding and temporary hoardings have meant shoppers have been unable to find their way around the market - a lot of visitors actually thought the market was closed, " she said.

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Over the last few weeks there have been a lot of strong opinions among the media and around the blogosphere about why Kathryn Bigelow did not get an Oscar nomination for Best Director for her work on Zero Dark Thirty.

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But there have been a lot of calls on the part of Republican leaders and Republicans around the country that they needed a change in the Bush administration following just, you know, a rough six months the President's had.

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"What has made Formula 1 so strong is that there are teams with a great heritage, which have been around for many years and in the case of Ferrari for 60 years, teams who have contributed a lot to where we are now, " he said.

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As I look around the room, I see people who have been with me since I was running for Senate, and a lot of people in this space who supported me when nobody could pronounce my name.

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