The reason that this is a military action that is limited in time and duration -- in both scope and duration is precisely because we have a clear and focused goal and international backing.

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And we expect that he will stay for a limited time that corresponds to the duration of this treatment.

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Many years ago, over lunch with a friend, I theorized that there was a business to be created out of maintaining limited duration virtual property (that is, stuff that needs renewing) such as domain names and SSL certificates held by organizations.

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And there have been a range of other U.S. military actions, such as the deployment of U.S. forces to Haiti as well, that took place consistent with that notion the President has the constitutional authority to undertake a limited, time-limited in scope and duration military action, but inform Congress through the War Powers report.

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Just as airlines require passengers to turn off their mobile devices for the duration of the flight, the withdrawal is confined to a limited period.

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Product cycles are almost as limited in duration as the tenure of the average large-company CEO (a few years at most), after which all the investment and technology is written off.

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