Or the hitter in a baseball game trying to concentrate on making contact with a small sphere coming at him at over 90 miles per hour while prone to curving or sinking at any time, all while tuning out 40, 000 or so screaming, clapping fans trying to energize the pitcher.

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And Christiana Stoddard and Peter Kuhn (2008) found that, since 1983, teacher on-the-job hours have increased by roughly one hour per week, while after school time devoted to work has jumped by 34%.

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This underscored what Bronfman calls the "flawed execution" of a "flawed strategy": A Frenchman in Europe trying to run a bunch of Americans in Hollywood while dealing with a nine-hour time difference.

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At any moment, a barrage of emails, messages, must-read articles, chart submissions, etc. could upset my otherwise productive day, which was already unreasonably dissected into fifteen minute increments to account for my wide variety of responsibilities and interests, while still leaving that one magical four hour block of time in the afternoon untouched.

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House and Senate Republicans were insisting upon 24 hours, while Democrats want a 72-hour waiting period, the same length of time imposed on sales at gun shops.

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In parts of the main street, signs show parking is allowed for an hour - with no return for three hours - while double yellow lines should prohibit parking at any time on other parts of the road.

BBC: Colebrook, 2 May 2013

Nepal, for example, now has a time zone that is on the quarter, while others such as India are on the half-hour.

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