If you're pondering whether to buy or rent, you know the decision is partly an emotional one.

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Pondering, you reach the water and stare across to Hong Kong Island.

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At this point, you're probably pondering the point of taking another breath.

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If you want help in pondering the future and how trends may play out, there are few people with the experience, knowledge and broad view possessed by Rob Watson, CEO of ECOTech, International, and well known as the driving force behind the creation and success of LEED.

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And pondering upon it you could take the analogy much further as well.

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If you'd rather not have some wet-behind-the-ears Victoria's Secret Webmaster pondering your camisole predilections, you can tell your browser to refuse cookies or to prompt you each time a Web site wants to write one to your hard disk.

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You can stay up half the night pondering the right moves to declare check mate.

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It is this final point that you may want to spend some time pondering while waiting in line at the store.

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Now suppose that you are the father of this gamer, pondering upon whether, at the age of 23, Sonny Boy is ever going to go get a real job.

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