Then you have to get back into the queue and wait again.

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The longer you wait at the back of the queue the greater the opportunity for the stock to run away and result in your getting a worse price.

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Research by Richard Hamblin and others at the King's Fund, a medical charity, has found that, despite the lengthening queue, the average wait has remained at 13-14 weeks since the 1960s.

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No matter how busy the queue, how long the wait, or how expensive the taxis, you will see single people getting into five-seat taxis and heading off on their own.

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You see, the more CES attendees queue, the more they wait in line to see the blob of an exhibition that now spread over several gigantic exhibition halls and casino-hotels, the less there is to see.

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People wishing to return soiled notes, often by the bagful, queue up outside its offices every morning and wait hours for their turn.

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