Just a few hours ago they took off to drop more than 1, 000 paratroopers under cover of darkness over northern Iraq to secure an airfield in the area controlled by the Kurds.

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For Peretti, podcasting is more than just recording and posting the episode a few hours later.

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Warren Buffett signed up for Twitter Thursday, drawing more than 100, 000 followers in just a few hours.

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They garnered more than 50, 000 signatures in just a few hours.

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Preschool, for most just a few hours a day in the mornings, can cost more than studying for an engineering degree at Michigan, and much more at some very selective schools.

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And I'm pleased that a few hours ago the Senate just passed a series of tax cuts for small businesses that hire more workers.

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Just as an example, one research paper a few years back pointed out that the average German woman does more working hours in total than the average American one.

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Is it garden variety staph or is it the more resistant MRSA. The - but there are newer tests, rapid tests that can - that are - can make the diagnosis in just a few hours, which I think will be, you know, very helpful in detecting this much more often.

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