Slots haven't evolved much since they started going digital in the early 1990s.
LaHaye said a handful of athletes are invited to take part in the event each year, but their inclusion doesn't reduce the number of slots for those who get in by doing well in qualifying events, or by winning a spot through the Ironman lottery.
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The ministry official didn't say which were the six slots that Jet has applied for.
It didn't cover all of the available time slots, and it required that appointments be made at least 24 hours in advance.
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But Pfeiffer said it turned out there wasn't as much as expected from the slots, which have been in various casinos around the country.
Surgeons ended up padding the time of their operating room slots so they didn't wind up behind if a compound fracture repair went too long.
This leaves only skinny on-door slots for maps and two cupholders (that aren't big enough for larger bottled drinks) in which to park belongings.
"Most teams don't have a problem with the Yankees and Red Sox going over the slots, " Callis says.
Joyner didn't renew his contract with the network, which still sells the national ad slots for him.
"One of the major things we were punished for was bringing the integrity of the league into question and I would suggest that, if we played what we would call a first 11 in some games and weren't able to do that in others, that would affect things like promotion slots, relegation and different positions in the league, " he said.
Besides obviously needing a CableCard-ready TV set (most new digital HDTVs have to have CableCard slots), there are a few downsides, like you can't access your cable company's onscreen programming guide and you can't order pay-per-view or video-on-demand programming (at least not using your remote), but the real deal killer for us is that you won't be able to use it with a digital video recorder.
That chin is removable, and hides the phone's SIM and microSD card slots (this might be a good time to remind everyone that you won't find a memory card reader on the 8X).
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