With the week-old talks routinely running past midnight, a growing sense of exhaustion is competing with a mounting sense of urgency.

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From midnight August 2nd forward, you are running on fumes.

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But what happens when she starts running out of the castle at midnight approaches?

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For example, let's say a star salesperson is running roughshod over co-workers by communicating curtly, expecting them to stay until midnight to finish tasks that could wait until the next day, etc.

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