In short, it is a time when most businesses cut back and make preparations to ride out the storm.
It is a time when the malaria parasite is peculiarly vulnerable.
But I think much more than that is, it is the times -- that I think that it is a time when economic issues are so incredibly pressing.
It appears to condemn parents who take youngsters trick-or-treating, saying it is a time when normal law-abiding people damage their "good neighbours" property and in some cases "bring on fear".
The August Bank Holiday is always one of the busiest weekends on the roads in Devon and Cornwall, and road safety advisors say it is a time when motorcyclists tend to travel in greater numbers and some travel at excessive speed.
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When we first enter the workforce, it is during a time when we just spent years forming friendships in school.
When is it time to add a particular set of features, when is it time to potentially end of life a product, etc.
It is also a time when many Cambodians reflect on bringing to justice those responsible for the deaths of nearly 2m of their countrymen in the late 1970s.
It is doing so at a time when it faces intense competition from large lenders like J.
The Beatles' music does not simply have a timeless quality - it is hard to imagine a time when their music did not exist.
And since Oracle software runs on a variety of platforms, it is well positioned at a time when many large customers are "rightsizing"--that is, attempting to find the most productive mix of mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, PCs and servers on which to run the company.
Succession planning is often the hardest part of this process, because it requires that a leader recognize when it is time to give up power.
In short, it is unclear what exactly France wants from Europe right now, at a time when it is supposed to begin steering the debate.
At best, what the company can strive and hope for is a time lag between the time when the technology is introduced and when it is lost, during which a successor technology can be developed.
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And this has allowed industry, which unsurprisingly is against the introduction of a minimum price, to claim it is sticking up for Joe Public at a time when household budgets are already stretched.
If, for example, a company is caught only every fifth time it pollutes a river, then when it is caught a jury fixing damages should multiply the value of harm done by five.
And as Ehud has said, it is hard to remember a time when the United States has given stronger support to Israel on its security.
And it is even easier at a time when everybody is busy, everybody is stressed, and everybody -- our culture is obsessed with wealth and power and celebrity.
Mr MacShane thinks it odd to restrict a fundamental right of citizenship at a time when it is being made more readily available to others.
However, it seems to me that a month is a relatively short time when it comes to indie development, which is often being sandwiched around full-time jobs.
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Richard Hyman, head of Verdict, a British retail consultancy, believes it is no coincidence that there is a fight over Safeway at a time when margins are under pressure.
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For politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, corporate terminology is also a way of ducking scrutiny by the media at a time when it is more searching and extensive than ever before.
Japan's technological prowess is a reminder of the country's industrial strength at a time when it is struggling to overcome nearly two decades of economic stagnation and is poised to lose its place as the world's second-largest economy to China.
To do the right thing at a point in time when it is difficult is the definition of a hero.
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It is time for men to suck it up and realize that the only time they should not marry a professional woman is when they are sexist, jealous and too lazy to be 50% of the relationship, which includes the job at home.
It is an immense undertaking at a time when the budget is under terrible strain.
It is also getting established at a time when similar congressional attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions have come to a screeching halt.
The Department of Work and Pensions says it is making the changes at a time when thousands of people in Wales are on housing waiting lists or living in overcrowded homes.
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It is a significant uplift at a time when many other member states have been frantically stuffing their hands down the back of the sofa to find the cash just to pay their existing subscriptions.
Why would anyone choose a Southern Cross home when it is unclear who will be running the home in a few weeks time - and when, for all Mr Fisher's protestations that wholesale closures of homes are very unlikely, he can't guarantee stability unless and until it's creditors guarantee that?
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