Companies running supermarkets or telephone help-lines routinely use part-timers on their day shifts.

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Just a couple of all-timers, and a final day at the beach.

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In fact, some of the old-timers love to recite that line to this day.

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Indeed, some hedge fund old-timers like Michael Steinhardt think that their modern-day counterparts are far too namby-pamby and are too ready to be content with single-digit annual performance.

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