There was a period on my youth when weekdays took on the same sort of hue.

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My version of your weight to strength is how many calories can I burn in a given 10, 20, or 30 minute time period on my exercise machines.

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Even though my doctors told me not to focus on the transition period, and look forward to the final result of my surgery (ie better health ), it was very hard psychologically to not dwell.

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My point here is that, while I think this is a mistake, I hope it can be used to fuzzy up a previous mistake, which in my view was putting a date on the period of very low interest rates of at least mid-2013.

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When I realized I was ok, aside from bruises and cuts on my arms from the dashboard shattering, there was a period of shock.

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After a brief period of adjusting to having some weight on my wrist after a long absence, I remembered how convenient it was not to have to drag my phone out of its holster simply to check the time.

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Alan Partridge's Welcome to The Places of My Life and period drama spoof Hunderby are both on the shortlist for the Sky Arts channel - which also broadcasts the South Bank Awards.

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"I had other things going on in my life that were very important to me, " he said of this troubled period.

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As a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I know first hand about the relevance of my fellow shipmates, who served on the ground alongside our soldiers and marines during the longest continuous period of conflict in American history.

ECONOMIST: Letters