So JRF decided to repeat the exercise of 2008 and see what's changed.

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If you repeat the exercise next day, they achieve the same thing - but this time they do it even faster.

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So the seven-year stipulation isn't a requirement to automatically repeat the exercise, but a minimum period which must elapse between border polls.

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Although the opposition in February gathered the 2.4m signatures needed to call a referendum, it will almost certainly have to repeat the exercise.

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Motorists are being asked to refuse to buy petrol or diesel on that day and to repeat the exercise every week until prices and taxes come down.

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The U.K. also decided to clear spectrum ahead of the rest of Europe and then had to repeat the exercise when the rest of Europe opted for a wider band.

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Repeat the exercise for a large group of publicly traded corporations and you can get an overall default rating for a country's private sector or for one segment of the economy.

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She may now have to repeat the exercise at the conclusion of the resumed committee stage - but she's determined to do so and says she has considerable cross-party support lined up.

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When the participants were asked to repeat the finger exercise the next day, the group of participants who received direct compliments from an evaluator performed significantly better than participants from the other groups.

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