You probably pass by one version or another every day if you live in a major city.

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Sometimes, the raw index might leap from one plateau to another in only a day or two, but those disasters tend to be averted.

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Some U.S. officials, a step removed from the talks but often involved in discussions about them, said they do not rule out the idea of Clinton pushing for a partial agreement, or as one put it, "a framework of progress, " if another day or two passes without resolution.

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She could be catatonic one day, or act out like a banshee on another.

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Add the five to six hours respondents said they watch movies each week, and we're looking at more than a full day every week spent with eyeballs glued to one screen or another.

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Do this several times a day in between phone calls, when transitioning from one project to another or waiting for an appointment.

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Just one more day figuring out a problem at the keyboard or under the ventilating hood, making another set of sales calls, teaching another roomful of people about the latest software upgrades.

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Tourist Ernst Mollemans, on the last day of his vacation and taking a boat trip from one island to another south of Phuket, narrowly escaped death or serious injury when he heard the driver scream and abruptly turn the boat toward a small beach to their left.

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