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  • I remember, hurrying through the platform's crowds, that I saw him turn sideways to shoulder his way between two large, slow‑moving Hispanic women who were heading towards the train's open doors with twine‑handled shopping bags, one of which my father's leg jostled and caused to swing slightly back and forth.

    The Pale King 2011

  • I remember that a young Hispanic or Puerto Rican man wearing what looked to be a type of tight black hairnet was interviewed while holding my father's right shoe, a tasseled Florsheim loafer, of which the toe portion and welt were so abraded by the platform's cement that the sole's front portion had detached and was hanging loose, and that the man could not recall how he'd come to be holding it.

    The Pale King 2011

  • The reservoir is nearly empty, and without new federal permits to poke new holes in the surrounding area, the platform is rendered nearly dormant, say officials at Pisces Energy, the platform's owners.

    Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

  • The online platform's plan for smaller retailers reflects a new strategy.

    Chinese Web Rivals in Alliance Owen Fletcher 2011

  • The reservoir is nearly empty, and without new federal permits to poke new holes in the surrounding area, the platform is rendered nearly dormant, say officials at Pisces Energy, the platform's owners.

    Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

  • "We're just trying to maintain until we get the permits and get the drill back out here," says Sammy Breaux, the platform's lead operator.

    Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

  • Because the platform's top ten apps have a combined reach of over 270 million users, tens of millions of people, if not more, could be effected.

    Jessica Rovello: Online Privacy = Oxymoron Jessica Rovello 2010

  • One year later it brought in seven big Wall Street firms as minority partners, a move that helped double that platform's share of the U.S, options market to about 14%.

    NYSE, Deutsche Börse May Pare Stake in Direct Edge Jacob Bunge 2011

  • "We're just trying to maintain until we get the permits and get the drill back out here," says Sammy Breaux, the platform's lead operator.

    Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

  • Most excitingly today on Offworld, area/code's iPhone puzzler Drop7 -- still one of the platform's absolute best, and one of the very few that (four months later) I'm still playing on a daily basis -- got a social update with worldwide leaderboard and Facebook Connect support that finally legitimizes its 'sequence' mode, and saw the release of a short EP of its fantastic Steve Reich-ian soundtrack.

    Boing Boing 2009

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