"There is a group of children with severe congenital heart disease who need to arrive at hospital in good time to get treatment, and if they do so then their survival rate is very good, " he said.

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Of course in the U.S. most union and government workers get good stretches of time off, and in private industry three weeks of vacation after five or ten years of employment is so common as to be almost standard.

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They said the actual federal sentencing guidelines should be half that and he should get even less time in prison because of his many good deeds and contributions to society before his arrest.

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"With the good lead time, I'd tell people to get in their automobile and go 90 degrees from that perceived path, " said Bates.

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Even as the coalition sharpened its axe to take a swipe at spending and borrowing, the idea was to endure a few years of pain before normal play was resumed, in good time for the 2015 election, when voters could get back to the traditional task of deciding which party's goody bag was the most appealing.

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We have given them a prescribed period of time, up to four years, in which to get to good.

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Before I ask my last questions of you in this room, good luck, and I hope you get to spend a lot of time with Ethan.

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It is no good having ambulances coming from 40 miles away because they are not going to get there in enough time.

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It's important in a match like this, to get through without wasting too much time, but also getting a good rhythm.

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