The 85-year-old will continue with his diary as usual until the day he officially retires at the end of February, Vatican officials say.

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But it does mean that business as usual is increasingly unfeasible with each passing day.

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The latest round of U.N. climate change negotiations kicked off this week in Doha, Qatar, launching a 10-day slog that, as usual, faces low expectations.

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"We're continuing to fight for the taxpayers every day and it's business as usual at City Hall, " he said.

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will (as usual) have the swing vote.

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As usual, she had no plans to share the special day with Lewis.

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The following day, Mr Mountney went to work as usual but when he did not return home for lunch, his wife Elizabeth went to look for him.

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In return the clubs received a set schedule of payments based on performance as well as the right to gate money and their usual game-day commercial activities.

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Kashmir great article as usual, nothing like reading an article like this before a 12.5 hour day of classes and homework, to get my brain pumping.

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This puts our technical outlook in an odd position this week as it seems a large portion of the day traders surrounding the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has yet to return to business as usual.

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