Some Yao supporters think he should take a long break -- even for the whole season -- and make a comeback later.

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Plus, if you've been hunting for a long time, it's a tempting time to take a break.

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Plus, those who have been job hunting for a long time feel like the holidays present an opportunity to take a break.

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However, there is enough at stake in the battle over the fiscal cliff that the GOP should take a break from wallowing in the mire long enough to demand that the job of scoring the competing tax plans be taken away from the anti-growth, static-scoring CBO, and turned over to the free market.

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Yes, it will take a decade or more to build and mature this electric vehicle infrastructure, but there is at long last a path to break our dependence on foreign oil.

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You get to break in that new six-burner range, take a long bath in your first soaking tub, and appreciate the roominess of your new garage.

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And if you've been sitting for too long, the built-in software will remind you to get up to take a break.

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