Meanwhile, at Queens Market in East London, Muhammad Shahid Nazir was busy doing what he did best: attracting customers to his fish stall by singing his catchy tune One Pound Fish.

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While Gerber waits for money to arrive, he has kept himself busy doing much of what he would do with an operating company.

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Mrs Perry said most parents were too busy or ignorant to realise what their children were doing online.

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By analysing someone's behaviour during a training period, a program called Busy Body can learn to tell what someone is doing and whether to interrupt him.

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And you could be distressed even though you're not all that busy -- if you just hate what you're doing.

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"Something probably went wrong in some way, but we're in an incredibly busy environment ... with every pilot focused on what they're doing, " spokesman Captain Jon Fynes said.

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Mr. Buffett argues that normal investors should not necessarily be able to find out what professional investors are doing, especially while they are still busy doing it, reminding me a lot of the Not in My Back Yard situation.

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