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Really annoying...

To switch off the "Restore windows ..." generally is the "brute force method".
With some apps, this behavior is really a benefit (e.g. Terminal, Texteditors, ...).
So you might decide to selectively switch off this behavior for each app, that should not restore:
see link:
http://www.macworld.com/article/161330/2011/07/four_lion_terminal_hacks.html
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