For example, are these 70 billion burgers laid end-to-end, or are they stacked up on top of each other?

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Extra buses have been laid on for shoppers heading for the West End and for the Westfield shopping centres in east and west London.

BBC: Boxing Day Tube services disrupted by drivers' strike

Just for one single battle preparations have often to be made for decades on end and the plans deeply laid, and while only some thousands fight in the front line there are behind them millions engaged in various tasks which, though small themselves, contribute directly to the supreme effort.

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United continued to be opened up at the back and Jelavic laid on another simple finish for Miller eight minutes from the end.

BBC: Rangers strikers Kenny Miller and Nikica Jelavic

Work in Friar Street was due to end on Friday but the council said road surfaces cannot be laid in freezing weather so they are behind schedule.

BBC: Reading Friar Street cracked road surface

After months of declining share price and reports of internal trouble at Zynga, the San Francisco-based social gaming company laid off more than 5% of its workforce on Tuesday and said it will end 13 games.

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On Thursday, 490 temporary employees were told they would be laid off at the end of January, while last month 270 temporary employees were informed their contracts were not being renewed.

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