It's the tibial plateau fracture that will need a much closer look and is the wild card in how long recovery may take, doctors say.

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There was no immediate word on how long his recovery would take.

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Ford, he says, is very satisfied with the pace of its turnaround effort in Europe, especially given how long it took to get its North American recovery plan off the ground in 2005 and 2006.

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The Hatoyama administration has barely begun to consider how to prolong the recovery, let alone pay down debt in the long run.

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Just how long coal's resurgence lasts depends to some extent on the global economic recovery and the ability of governments to implement a system that finally delivers a meaningful carbon price.

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Under cross-examination by Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Shapiro, Hall acknowledged that her technical expertise is limited on the recovery process and that she is "speculating" about exactly how long it would take.

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If state and local officials had a fixed amount of dollars to spend, along with maximum flexibility in how to spend these dollars so long as they were tied to the purpose of disaster recovery or indigent medical assistance, this would greatly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of both Medicaid and national disaster recovery efforts.

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In July, the chair of the recovery board overseeing progress in how the council is run said it had to make long-term improvements in its management.

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