It found that the average waiting time for an operation, once a patient had been assessed by a consultant, remained unchanged at an average of eight months, compared with the NHS maximum target of 12 months.

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Annual production in the first full five years of operation is expected to average 800, 000 to 850, 000 ounces of gold and 35 million ounces of silver, Barrick said.

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The scientists carried out the operation on 173 infertile men, and on average, found the men's sperm motility and count had improved within three months.

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The hospitals where the surgeons are at do an unproven operation with lots of side effects at rates far higher than the national average, generating huge sales for companies like Medtronic.

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He transformed the association's previously impenetrable inner sanctum, moving the entire operation from Lancaster Gate to new offices in Soho Square and overseeing a fall in the average age of staff from 55 to 32.

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But Bernanke fell short of announcing bold QE, rather, he chose to save his bullets and only extend Operation Twist, by which the Fed is attempting to lower longer-term interest rates by extending the average maturity of its Treasury portfolio.

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