Since this saga has played out over eight days, that is precisely what he's got.

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The ships, which left Hainan province on 19 March, "conducted patrol and training missions" over eight days, it added.

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As well as Japan, President Bush will visit the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia over the next eight days.

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After having sprinted higher in a rather impressive fashion over the past eight days, there is little doubt that the market had become extended from a short-term perspective.

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He was, of course, campaigning for other Republican candidates--popping up, over a period of ten days, in eight cities.

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Five Dumfries and Galloway police officers have completed a 400 mile relay over four days to mark the end of the eight Scottish Police forces.

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Apple, which has lost more than eight percent of its value over the last five days, does not seem to have endeared investors with these lawsuits.

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She said Tucker would probably be in the hospital for six to 10 days, then would recuperate over the next eight weeks.

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Over the past eight years, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance has promised universal education and 100 days of employment each year for rural workers.

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The bodies of eight underweight stone curlews have been discovered in fields in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire over the past few days.

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