But it follows long-standing complaints by the teachers that the computerized exams take up too much instructional time and force schools to close off computer labs for long stretches to administer the exams.

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His division has also intervened in court to force a school in Illinois to give a new teacher time off with pay to make the pilgrimage to Mecca called the hajj.

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The time difference will force the games to be played at off hours in North America, and the NHL would like to receive concessions from the IOC that haven't been made before.

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It would be 10 more years before this ticking time bomb went off, bringing with it the full force of a decade's worth of alleged underpayments and penalties.

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The Landsat satellite was boosted into orbit by an Atlas V rocket shortly before 11:30 a.m. local time, more than an hour after lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base under mostly clear skies.

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Unable to stuff the ballot boxes fast enough to steal the election outright, Mr Milosevic has half-stolen it by claiming enough votes to force his opponent, Vojislav Kostunica, into a run-off in two weeks' time.

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And at the time, Blake was pretty sure that the recession would force him to lay off about half of his staff.

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But after a one-day bounce failed to bring buyers off the sidelines, the sellers were back in force, taking FB down to new, all-time lows ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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We just laid off 10% of our work force, and we are unable to pay you what we owe you at this time.

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