Because truffles have such a short shelf life, a delay could cost thousands of dollars.

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Such books have a short shelf life and can be hit or miss.

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In my view, this victory for consumer finance companies is likely to have a short shelf life.

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In that context, stripped-down disk drives strike me as overkill, transitional products with a short shelf life.

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Like other Olympics kitsch, the games may have a short shelf life.

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These stories had a "short shelf life, " says John Allen, CNN's senior Vatican analyst.

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Whatever promotional value that might still be on the table will have a pretty short shelf life come the middle of November after the elections have passed.

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Equally initiatives such as REDD and other attempts to pay tree growers to absorb carbon usually have a pretty short shelf life as donors tend to move on to focus on other priorities.

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Inspiration is perishable energy with a short shelf-life.

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The issue is that Jones-Drew, who is only 27-years-old, has been informed about the short shelf life of an NFL player (particularly a running back), may be entering the best years of his career (from a production standpoint), and wants to take advantage of his limited opportunity to capitalize on his proven ability to rack up rushing yards (he had 1, 606 yards rushing in 2011).

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