It's the 10th time Gordon Brown has missed PMQs - roughly double the number Blair missed over a similar period.

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Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

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He finally missed a jumper with 3:21 left in the first period and departed with 23 points, and the Nets led 38-14 after their highest-scoring first period of the season.

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Hook missed the conversion and two subsequent penalty attempts, during a period that saw Ulster lose try-scorer Tuohy to possible concussion after his attempted tackle on a charging Jerry Collins.

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My council already suspends the collection of organic waste over the Christmas period, and that has been exacerbated this year by a missed collection before Christmas due to the icy roads with no catch-up service.

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Profits witnessed a decline of 3% over the same period, however, and missed analyst estimates.

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Out of 58, 070 patients, seven missed the 12-week guarantee, but they were treated within a few days of that period ending.

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The Ospreys had the better of the opening period and Hook missed an early chance to give them the lead, sending a drop-goal wide.

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He added five more points in the period as Boston climbed within 22-20 even though Pierce missed all six shots in a scoreless 12 minutes.

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The first is that the investors who missed the 30 worst days, rather than the 30 best over that 15-year period would have earned a return of almost 21% per annum, or more than two-and-a-half times the return of the buy and hold investor.

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