But for one day or two of work, it's easier for a boss to say I'll pay you day by day.
"I'm in no position to say whether it's one day or two days or three days, but it is a very short period of time, " he said.
The monthly employment report has a history of most often coming in with a surprise in one direction or the other that creates a one or two-day triple-digit move by the Dow in one direction or the other.
And that surprise results in a one or two day triple-digit move by the Dow in one direction or the other more often than any other report.
Mr. DICKSON: I would say we used to have at least one or two a day.
Typically, such an oversold market would stage a decent one- or two-day rally, but it never came last week.
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Instead of one- or two-day shipping, items arrive in five to 10 days.
Tipton recommends five three- to five-minute immersions -- either one a day or stretched out over two to three days.
From a technical perspective, we need to see more than a one- or two-day rally to bring us closer to the formation of a market bottom.
Meanwhile, the stock market reacted in typical fashion, since the monthly employment report usually causes a triple-digit one or two-day move by the Dow in one direction or the other.
Those created their usual knee-jerk reactions of a one or two-day triple-digit move by the Dow, again giving traders opportunities for quick in and out trades in one direction or the other.
Dr John Ip, secretary of the Glasgow local medical committee and a GP in Paisley, said he used to be asked to write one or two such letters a week for patients, but over the last year this had increased to one or two a day.
He slaughtered one or two oxen a day, boned the meat and sold it to the local butcher.
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When drainage slows to less than an ounce of fluid a day, usually after one or two weeks, the tubes are removed.
For example, you might consider a limit of one or two hours a day and, for a better night's sleep, no screen time in the hour before bed.
There are usually only one or two buses per day from Wuyuan to the villages, so be prepared to spend the night in a local's house once you arrive at your destination.
Sometimes, the raw index might leap from one plateau to another in only a day or two, but those disasters tend to be averted.
"This is a tough, hardy horse that I thought from day one would win a decent race or two for us, " said winning trainer Martin of Xenophon.
Only the high frequency guys remain, and they will tough it out if Saturday delivery is cancelled, or if one-day delivery becomes two days some of the time.
Within a couple years, Mealling expects the country's spaceports to be supporting one or two commercial spaceflights per day, a daunting prospect for launch ranges that currently handle a flight about every other month.
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.
Instead of going for the day, they checked into oceanfront hotels for one or two nights.
And households are cutting back to two meals a day or even one.
But in the past, there used to be up to 21 shows a day in Baghdad - now there are just one or two.
About two in five older men only have one or two face-to-face conversations per day.
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Figure each one is ridden ten times a day (compared with the two or three rides most scooters get in a day).
The extent of casualties was not immediately known, and one U.S. official said it could be a day or two until the full extent of damage is known.
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Modern Warfare 3 gave us new maps, one or two new guns and perks and called it a day.
Overall, Save the Children found one million babies died each year on the day they enter the world - or two every minute - making the first day by far the riskiest day of a person's life in almost every country in the world.
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