While precious time ticks away, the U.S. has not named a leader for the treaty negotiation.

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Using that above mentioned circuitry, lightly modified to accommodate RTS output and sufficient power demands, and the addition of a simple python script to translate that fluctuating index into real-time ticks, Ames was able to breath new life into an antiquated piece of Americana.

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As the clock ticks towards curtain time, the filmmaker still doesn't have the final set-list, and is getting jittery.

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So with the price of oil rising and the hot money sending stocks lower each and every time the price of crude ticks higher, what is the mainstream investor to do?

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At any rate, the scientist in him would have been intrigued to learn that Goethe-ites have set up an Internet website chronometer that ticks off in milliseconds the time to their idol's birthday on August 28th.

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Each time he does something like this, the stock ticks up a little bit.

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As the clock ticks, many taxpayers might not have sufficient time to get their affairs and filings in order to meet this deadline.

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As one time-bomb is rendered harmless, however, another ticks ever louder.

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