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Today, more than 300 billion emails are transmitted every day, creating a composing, reading and responding burden that consumes as much as 28% of employees’ workdays.

Marianne is first consumed by her own infatuation, then disconsolate when Willoughby dumps her for an heiress, and finally felled by a fever.

The individual had consumed high amounts of animal protein, including fish and possibly shellfish that fed on ancient carbon sources, creating a known "reservoir" effect in the bones.

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The Calgary, Alberta, company moves about 30% of the crude oil produced in North America, and also transports almost 20% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S.

“Oh, we’re gonna be buzzing,” said Twigs, who laughs a bit about how she hasn’t eaten much that day and decided to exclusively consume matcha desserts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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