"I'm always trying to give the team length, no matter what the situation is, " Sabathia said.

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Every team had a certain length of time to come back with facts, alternatives and recommendations.

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It was a black box, run by a tiny team at a very long arm's length from the group's much bigger broker-dealer.

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Paul Mosley, jailed for his part in the deaths of six children in a house fire, is to appeal against the length of his jail term, his legal team has said.

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Known as proposition bets (or "prop bets, " in Vegas lingo), they allow people to lay down money on anything from the length of the national anthem to whether either team will score a two-point safety.

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This two-day, one-night relay is made up of 36 segments that vary in length and difficulty each of your 12 team members can run as little as 11.5 miles or as many as 23.7 miles, so it appeals to all levels.

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According to sources, the deals Fox has with baseball teams are fairly standardized, with 5% annual increases during the length of the deal and an opt-out provision for the team half way through the contract, with Fox having the right of first refusal on any competing offers for the broadcast rights.

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In short, our team values are meant to reflect what a buyer would be willing to pay in an arms-length transaction and our operating income measures are meant to indicate how much cash is generated.

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The head of a team responsible for flight safety during eruptions told the agency that an cloud of ashes over 100 kilometres in length was moving to the northeast and could pose a threat to aircraft on international routes near Kamchatka.

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