For example, the deadline for changing bank balances into euros is currently the end of December 2001.

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For example, if a team is struggling with a deadline, a default might be to worry about the calendar and dwindling days toward delivery.

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For example, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein is said to introduce an amendment calling for a deadline for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.

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As an example, American new-home sales slowed sharply after an initial end-of-November deadline for the expiry of a buyers' tax credit.

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