Ideally they would like the players there for the duration but a franchise would not like to have a player for less than a month.

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The court heard Mr Roberts would like custody of Neon for the duration of any treatment.

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Badale's strategy was to sign players who would be available for the duration of the tournament, like Warne, and to combine established stars such as Smith with young guns like Pakistan's Sohail Tanvir, who was the IPL's best bowler.

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In order to solve this asymmetry, apps have limited the duration of clips, offered Instagram-like filters to make amateur video seem arty and provided snippets of pop songs as soundtrack enhancements.

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In a speech, Dr Fox said the Strategic Defence and Security Review had allowed for "one long enduring mission like Afghanistan" and one shorter programme "of about six months' duration".

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The most that can be said about these bonds is that if you (a) reach out on the maturity spectrum, (b) hold the TIPS for the full duration and (c) hold them inside a tax-deferred account like an IRA, then you will have a positive return.

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And one of the really nice things that we have and the long-duration crews have is the opportunity to use a telephone or to perform a videoconference similar to like we're doing with you guys with our families.

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They suggested the formation of an organization much like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which from its establishment in 1949 maintained the peace of Europe for the duration of the Cold War.

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