If any such problem developed, Sharon was instructed to call the twenty-four-hour hospice nurse on duty, who would provide instructions about which rescue medications to use and, if necessary, come out to help.

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You can sit down and play a few matches of Halo or Call of Duty in an hour.

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Add to this the gymnastics involved in building in the power management features to get to a ten-hour-per-charge duty cycle.

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And for many commuters making the journey to work during this morning's rush hour, seeing the National Guard on duty certainly seems to be boosting confidence.

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An hour earlier in New York's Bronx borough, Officer Juan Pichardo was off duty at his family's car dealership.

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"It's another big test obviously, again a two-hour match, " said the Serbian, who injured his ankle on Davis Cup duty earlier this month.

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The court heard Giff met Ms Ramsden on other occasions, including one December 2011 shift when he was on duty outside Downing Street but on a legitimate break from his 12-hour shift.

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On a chilly, overcast Friday in mid-March, Ghosn, on Renault duty in Paris, boards his jet and touches down less than an hour later in Newcastle, England to visit a Nissan plant 40 minutes away in Sunderland.

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