In the time Coke spent trying to acquire Huiyuan, in negotiating the deal, in conducting due diligence and in waiting for regulatory approval, it lost time it could have spent building up its own juice labels within the market.

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That way complex programs can be executed with a minimum of latency, or time lost, for the person waiting for results.

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And there is no waiting around, nor any risk of being lost in transit and trapped horribly in sub-space limbo.

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The length of hospital waiting lists shot up, thousands of nurses lost their jobs and some hospitals even had to close.

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The name comes from an ancient legend about a woman named Phranang who hoped that this island would act as a wedding suite for her and her new husband, but he was lost at sea and she died waiting for him, broken-hearted.

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Unlike a game like Skyrim, which I suspect lost large amounts of DLC sales by waiting too long after release, Borderlands likely captured its audience just as large portions were itching for new content.

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Once Democrats lost the vote on the amendment that shortened the waiting period for instant background checks at gun shows from three days to one day, they voted against the underlying gun control bill.

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Many times, they lost that battle, and I saw patients die - while waiting to be rescued.

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"We have managed to reunite most of the lost people with their families, but we still have about 150 people waiting, " says Mr Tiwari's son, Umesh Tiwari, who is taking over the running of the camp from his father.

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