Its clock started once people had divided into separate queues and stopped when they reached immigration desks.
It is often just inches from the bed during the night as well, and has replaced the alarm clock for many people.
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This means a huge amount of work often around the clock by teams of people with nothing to show for it for years at a time, if ever.
There would be around-the-clock security to keep people from having their things stolen, the tents would be built from donated materials, and alcohol and drugs would not be permitted.
My nephew was alternating his eyes between the clock in the station and people around him.
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In 1987, 7.6m people, on average, watched the nine o'clock news each night, compared with 5.4m people this year.
People trust the Speaking Clock - Big Ben is timed by it.
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Some people have limited time, some people work on the clock.
The researchers showed that light was activating in the mice a protein, melanopsin, which also has a role in regulating the body clock, and is present in people.
The people who operate the clock at NHL games are part of a small, behind-the-scenes crew that handles off-ice details such as keeping penalty time and determining when goals have been scored.
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People who visit the clock when it is finished years from now will also be treated to a daily chime sequence that has been choreographed by musician Brian Eno, who serves on the project's board.
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It has been suggested that the smartphone could possibly render alarm clocks and point-and-shoot digital cameras obsolete, as people use the alarm clock functions on their phones more frequently and the cameras in these devices continue to improve.
When pizza gets delivered at one o'clock in the morning, plenty of people are on hand to devour it.
I've known people who put the alarm clock in the living room, but then forget to set it before going to sleep.
In London, forensic experts are still working round the clock to identify all of the 54 people who were killed in last week's bombings.
More than 20, 000 people are currently working around the clock to protect waters and coastlines.
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We've had people here since 8 o'clock this morning working on it and, for me, it's playable.
But of course, accuracy is not the only reason why people are still calling the Speaking Clock.
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"Brian Cobby, the third voice of the Speaking Clock, used to receive fan mail from people who used the service late at night just to hear his calm voice, " says McEvoy.
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While Congress dickers on this issue, all these people hear is the ticking of the clock.
Today, there are more than 20, 000 people in the region working around the clock to contain and clean up this spill.
Inside, the machine runs an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of 1.7 gigahertz.
Hundreds of people have turned out to see a town clock lit up in pink to mark the third week since the disappearance of April Jones.
But so far we have about 20, 000 people in the region who are working around the clock to contain and clean up this oil.
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Inside there's an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people )-made Pentium 4 processor, the clock speed of which hasn't yet been revealed--though HP says it will be faster than 2 gigahertz.
And we knew that there would be powerful voices that would do everything they could to run out the clock, change the subject, ignore the majority of the American people.
Three HH-65C helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Houston rescued more than 20 people and were continuing to fly round-the-clock rescue missions until weather grounds them, said Petty Officer Renee Aiello, a station spokeswoman.
They have asked people to avoid going out between 11 and 4 o'clock during the day.
Like many other large companies, millennium night itself will see hundreds of extra people, armed with satellite phones, monitoring developments around the clock.
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