At the Denver conference the queue waiting for her autograph extended the length of a vast ballroom.

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Meanwhile, a 62-year-old motorist collapsed and died while waiting in a queue for petrol in south east Wales.

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But today her application sits in a queue waiting for passage of the Small Business Jobs Act currently before the Senate.

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If you visit the Staverton surgery in North West London any Saturday you will see there is a queue waiting for the doors to open at 10am.

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Hospitals have been treating more patients than ever, but the queue of sick people waiting for admission is longer than ever.

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Unison said that once calls are transferred to the NHS Direct Wales queue they effectively take priority over other calls waiting for a call back.

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People might not feel so bad about waiting for treatment if they had a definite date for admission, and knew they were not being queue-jumped by less urgent cases.

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