Lock Ben Kay said the wait for confirmation of his place in the squad had been a painful one, but the news was worth the wait for personal reasons.

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Tows can wait close to five hours at the Saverton, Mo. lock on average.

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Next year, Professor John Oxford, an expert in virology from Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, in London, will lock volunteers in a hotel for a week, deliberately infect some with the flu virus, and wait to see what happens.

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Lang Guoren would wake at five and lock himself in the bathroom down the hall so that when his son woke he would not have to wait in line before washing up and beginning his day of practicing.

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