If the futures market had been three hours behind the action just as the specialists on the floor at the NYSE were then it would have been much less of a problem.

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Lines and characters have been fine-tuned, and to bring the play down to a just-manageable three-and-a-half hours, sections had to be ruthlessly chopped.

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Andrea Rubinsky , 17, said she did not feel any worse for using the Internet, even though she had cut the time she logs on from up to 15 hours a week to just three.

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Last winter she had an idea for a new business -- delivering handmade cakes and pastries, on just three hours' notice, anywhere in New York City, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

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