Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar preferred stock positions with double-digit yields tick away silently, good for the next five years or more.

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You get to see the timer tick away until you find out who you could potentially meet the next day.

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The Rebels missed a chance to foul Cobbs and let precious seconds tick away before wrapping up Crabbe with 1.6 seconds remaining.

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But as the seconds tick away to the firing up of a revolutionary new British space engine, it's hard not to speculate on its chances of success.

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MPs say how long they want to be away and tick a box to explain why.

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So Louise will come away from this and tick a couple of boxes, but now she has to switch her focus going into this next winter training phase and pick another couple of events to focus on.

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