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At Paramount, staffers in New York and Los Angeles had until this week to commit to five days a week starting in January—or else take a buyout.

The point is, this celebration of switches is a choice, an effort to stay ahead, or else lag safely behind, the growing public backlash against touchscreen-dominated car interiors.

“What they’re saying to the court is, ‘We need to be able to violate the law and shoot these people indiscriminately or else it’s gonna be a melee.’

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The Pentagon has told journalists they must agree not to disclose unauthorised information or else risk losing access to the building.

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“Like with any marriage, you gotta create ways to make it exciting, to keep it fun, or else you find yourselves at the breakfast table, with your face in the paper saying ‘Pass the butter.’

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

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