But with little time for reflection, a thin man in jeans and a black turtleneck appeared.
But great fortunes are being won and lost in such instances, so there's no time for reflection.
In addition to working together on community service projects, our 50th anniversary has been a time of reflection.
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On the one-year anniversary of the looting the boutique was unusually quiet, and there was time for reflection.
But for some, this might also be an opportune time for reflection.
The long, monotonous train trip gave him ample time for reflection.
President HAMID KARZAI (Afghanistan): My heart goes to the families, the friends and the Canadian people at this time of reflection and sorrow for those families.
He says the retreat will be a time of reflection about what Pope Benedict's eight-year long papacy has achieved and what are the priorities now facing a Church whose credibility has been seriously harmed by clerical sex abuse scandals.
Sometime when the fighting in Libya has subsided, when Col Muammar Gaddafi has been hunted down, when the National Transitional Council has started running the country, when security and essential services have been restored, there may be time for reflection.
"This is a time for communal reflection and action, " Mr Smith said.
Much more than in other countries, the New Year in Japan is a time of somber reflection and contemplation of obligations to family and friends, particularly family.
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There was never a hesitation before speaking, or between phrases, no time for thought or reflection.
For the peripatetic Hope, that must have been misery, but also a time for badly needed reflection.
It is also a time for prayer and reflection about those less fortunate.
City's frustration increased when United doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time - a cruel reflection of the first-half play.
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For homebuyers who are turned down for a mortgage, it might be time for some financial reflection, says Mickey Cargile, managing partner of Cargile Investments.
And, when it time bury the body, they have an amazing reflection on what to do better the next time around.
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So, time for health, for learning, for recreation and for reflection all need scheduling, just like time with family and friends.
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Picking up also on your comment about it's not a time for retribution, but reflection.
The lecture at the David Hume Institute was his first detailed reflection on his time in office.
Once the task is completed, more communication this time in the form of reflection and feedback must take place.
It produces counterintuitive results all the time, which, upon reflection, make perfect sense.
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The speed with which electronic attacks could be launched gives little time for cool-headed reflection and favours early, even pre-emptive, attack.
As for the pope, a Vatican spokesman says he will likely retire to a monastery, where he will spend his time focused on prayer and reflection.
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"I hope my memoirs will provide a serious and thoughtful, but also entertaining, reflection on my time as a Member of Parliament and as Prime Minister, " said Blair.
"Informational overload from all quarters means that there can often be very little time for personal thought, reflection, or even just 'zoning out, ' " researchers there wrote.
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