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  • The Zionists forged papers and documents and came up with a phony lap-top computer to show that Iran had nuclear detonator and plans to build a A-bomb etc to get us to bomb them.

    U.S. military plans against Iran being updated 2010

  • Because I am a historian who works surrounded by multiple papers, they tend to accumulate on the surface of my two desks round the lap-top without which I could no longer function, having been shamed into the computer-era in the late 1980s by my students in New York.

    In praise of … Eric Hobsbawm | Editorial 2011

  • The Wall Street Journal is calling it a "wicked fast" "lap-top killer."

    Is Apple's new gadget a game-changer? 2010

  • And if I can't get to my lap-top, I find my neck-top computer works just fine.

    The right tool 2008

  • These toys serf the web; for a bit more a lap-top can be as portable.

    Mini-Laptops Fuel PC Sales Growth - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The Wall Street Journal is calling it a "wicked fast" "lap-top killer."

    LIVE Blog: Chat with us during the show 2010

  • Not sure about the security light 'though; can't see well enough on my sepia lap-top.

    The Langton Messiah Peter Ashley 2008

  • Sorry to go quiet again - four days away - 2000 digital images, most of which were downloaded from memory card to lap-top while we were on the road.

    The right tool 2008

  • I normally read French-word-a-day in my kitchen on the lap-top that serves as my contact with the rest of the world (as I can sometimes feel very remote) BUT loving it!

    joyeux - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • And yes, I write on the lap-top, while we're actually on the road, in the car - but no, not while I'm driving.

    The right tool 2008

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