The undecorated fir tree in the dining room told me that Christmas had not yet arrived.

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Governors would need them badly during the few crucial hours when the emergency was too serious for local police and fire services to cope and the federal authorities had not yet arrived.

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My friend had not yet arrived, so I ended up at the bar, where both bartenders introduced themselves with a handshake and inquired about my mood and what I thought of the place.

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Mr Chalabi, who has been flown into southern Iraq with 700 American-trained fighters, complained that Jay Garner, a retired American general chosen to run an interim Iraqi government, had not yet arrived in the country, and said that faster action was needed to restore electricity and water supplies, and to supply humanitarian aid.

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If and when the crisis eases, Mr Tucker said you would hope and expect that banks would not feel the need for such a security blanket, but that time had not arrived yet.

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The letter of credit had not arrived yet, Thompson was told.

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At the farming village of Longquan, where all the houses were damaged and some destroyed in the community of about 300 people, rescuers had arrived to collect the bodies of three dead, but had not yet provided other services as of Sunday midday, villagers said.

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