In fact, Boyle's album was released after Labor Day the end of the qualifying period for the Grammys.

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This is an automatic right from day one of the agency worker being placed, and no qualifying period applies.

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For instance, North Carolina, which gives its workers health benefits for life after only five years on the job, is considering lengthening the qualifying period.

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The government backed an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill on 17 January 2012 to cut the qualifying period for Personal Independence Payments from six months to three.

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The stronger aspirants, Poland and the Czech Republic, have distanced themselves from calls by troubled Hungary (like Latvia, an IMF supplicant) to shorten the qualifying period in ERM-2 from two years.

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Having won the Volvo Masters and reached the final of the World Match Play since the qualifying period began, McGinley has every chance of becoming one of the first names to book an automatic spot.

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It could have been so much better for Webber, who qualified fifth fastest in the second period of qualifying, if he had not bumped into the wall at the end of the session.

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This monthly enrollment feature is in contrast to the other types of pre-tax benefits, like health care flexible spending accounts, which limit your ability to sign-up to just once a year during open enrollment period or when you experience a qualifying life event, such as the birth of a child.

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For purposes of the recapture rule, the three year period starts with the first calendar year you make a payment qualifying as alimony under a decree of divorce or separate maintenance or a written separation agreement (do not start the clock if the payments were made under temporary support orders).

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Davies' most memorable period as a Wales player was in the memorable 2004 European Championship qualifying campaign when he scored three goals in three successive games - including a strike in Wales' 2-1 win over Italy in 2002.

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