The counter represented hours saved by using Google Instant.

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Some counter that the hours gap would shrink if employers offered more family-friendly policies, such as flexible hours and easier on-off ramps for moving in and out of the workforce.

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Her comments came two hours after Gordon Brown outlined a range of new counter-terrorism measures to MPs in a Commons statement.

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Work the long hours of a manager and doing the job of a counter clerk will be an eye opener.

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But, exercise alone is not enough to counter-balance the damage done by sitting for the majority of our waking hours.

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