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The day Microsoft mention Linux in one of their adds is the day Ubuntu will have more than a million downloads, MS does not want that.

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  1. transitive verb To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.
  2. transitive verb To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope: added 12 inches to the deck; flowers that added beauty to the dinner table.
  3. transitive verb To say or write further.

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  • He adds, which is apposite to my purpose, for I suppose he is speaking of civilized nations, "In general, states and kingdoms, before they succumb to a foreign conqueror, are, if not outwardly and visibly, yet secretly and internally, undermined So much on the connexion between the civilization of a state and its overthrow from internal causes, or, what may be called, its succumbing to a natural death. —  Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
  • Leonardo is only to be seen in the 'Cena'; Titian only in the 'Assumption'; but Rubens only in the 'Battle of the Amazons'; and Vandyck only at court; and he adds, his indignation mounting as he proceeds, 'absolutely now at last we find ourselves without sight of God in all the world In another place Mr. Ruskin's old enemy, Salvator, receives more lenient treatment than of yore. —  Art in England Notes and Studies
  • All that you have to do afterwards is to be silent, and you will then be as good a raiser of Devils as I am, and I as good as you Evans confesses that he acted according to the astute doctor's advice, and he adds--"The people in a very short time spoke much about me, and they soon came to intrust everything to me, their conduct frightened me, for they looked upon me as if I were a god." —  Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
  • Hence, Augustine after saying, "Receive daily, that it may profit thee daily," adds: "So live, as to deserve to receive it daily." —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • Resp. Prosperi i [*Cf. Prosper, Responsiones ad Capitula Gallorum ii]) that "he does not fall back into that which was forgiven, nor will he be condemned for original sin," adds: "Nevertheless, for these last sins he will be condemned to the same death, which he deserved to suffer for the former," because he incurs the punishment of eternal death which he deserved for his previous sins Reply Obj. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
 

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