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  • It gets bogged-down midway by too much politics, although to some extent this is inevitable, it is still a shame the book isn't written in the same beauty as Peony In Love.

    Reader reviews of Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. 2009

  • Obama has promised to fund tax credits for research and development; to reform the bogged-down patent system; and to blanket the country with high-speed wireless Internet connections.

    Obama to Silicon Valley to talk tech initiatives Perry Bacon Jr. 2011

  • But the television screen has proven to be the Afghanistan of the technology realm -- the unavoidable place that every great power has dreamt of conquering, only to become bogged-down in a long, costly, and ultimately fruitless battle.

    Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011

  • I think we're bogged-down by memories, and experiences can weigh on us like baggage.

    Mike Ragogna: Some Kind Of Trouble and More: Conversations With James Blunt and Edie Brickell Mike Ragogna 2011

  • He has promised to fund tax credits for research and development; to reform the bogged-down patent system; and to blanket the country with high-speed wireless-Internet connections.

    At Obama's private meeting with high-tech execs, even Twitter couldn't tweet 2011

  • But the television screen has proven to be the Afghanistan of the technology realm -- the unavoidable place that every great power has dreamt of conquering, only to become bogged-down in a long, costly, and ultimately fruitless battle.

    Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011

  • But the television screen has proven to be the Afghanistan of the technology realm -- the unavoidable place that every great power has dreamt of conquering, only to become bogged-down in a long, costly, and ultimately fruitless battle.

    Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011

  • But the television screen has proven to be the Afghanistan of the technology realm -- the unavoidable place that every great power has dreamt of conquering, only to become bogged-down in a long, costly, and ultimately fruitless battle.

    Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011

  • But the television screen has proven to be the Afghanistan of the technology realm -- the unavoidable place that every great power has dreamt of conquering, only to become bogged-down in a long, costly, and ultimately fruitless battle.

    Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011

  • He has promised to fund tax credits for research and development; to reform the bogged-down patent system; and to blanket the country with high-speed wireless-Internet connections.

    Obama holds Silicon Valley summit with tech tycoons Perry Bacon Jr. 2011

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