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Meanwhile, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has itself played fast and loose with the rules of patentability.

It may also be that, for all the show's touted originality (that touting has itself played a part in my resistance — let's not forget that two of the most captivating series of our time, "The Sopranos" and "Mad Men," arrived without fanfare), I feel as though I've been there before.

It seems likely that the core experience has itself played a role in the development of belief systems relating to the spirit world in many cultures and that those very belief systems, once elaborated upon, are then capable of influencing the hallucinatory content of sleep paralysis episodes in subsequent generations.

And the Obama campaign has itself played hardball.

The Representative's overall assessment is that although UNICEF's assistance in this sector has been useful, UNICEF has found itself playing a rather limited traditional supply-oriented role.

Controversy surrounding the film itself has played out in the courtroom, with the Second Circuit having ruled that Mr. Berlinger was required to turn over unused footage to Chevron that may have been useful in its case in Ecuador.

However, the text itself has played an important role in the formation of the archaeological record, in the way classical scholarship in the region has developed and in public perceptions of archaeology and history.

But government itself has played its natural part.

The UN itself has played a more limited role in financing economic development.

Google itself has played an active role in pushing Washington to move aggressively on the set-top box.

The film itself has played a role in stretching the reality beyond even the wildest dreams of its subjects.