As October ended, 19% of metal-workers were officially out of work, and half of those left were on short time.
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Nevertheless, nerves have been jangled by some glaring security lapses: for instance, plans to check the backgrounds of contractors and volunteers were reportedly dropped because organisers ran out of time.
Speaking Saturday to the BBC, U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable pushed back against the suggestion that Cameron and his ministers were out of touch at a time of crisis, saying Britain was only on the periphery of the current issues.
They were pleased to see that, but at same time they were going out of business, so they needed to adjust their compensation ranges downward in order to survive.
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Buxton finished off a sweeping move in the right-hand corner and although Lamb could not convert Gloucester were out of sight at half-time at 25-3.
Ms Forbes said that because of the financial situation, Deap was also advising an increasing amount of people who were out of work for the first time in their lives.
He was left out of the Robins side that were winners at Castleford last time out but is set to return according to Rovers coach Justin Morgan.
Mangano initially states that 28 cancer types out of 31 decreased over this time period, then admits only 14 were statistically significant, which means 14 out of 31 decreased since these types of comparisons are all about stastistics.
He added that the birds' feet could crack badly when they were out of the water for a long time.
"They were going to get rid of Catherine from the love triangle and then they were going to make money out of it at the same time, " Mr Smith said.
The early 90s were a dire time for cider devotees - the drink was out of fashion, and local farmers were competing to sell off their orchards.
But after 300 sessions spread over the course of a year, two of Dr Birbaumer's patients were able to put out signals on cue three-quarters of the time.
Estela and Pam both asked about plans to help responsible homeowners like themselves, who had been making their mortgage payments on time but were locked out of refinancing at a lower rate.
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Given its existing commitments to Greece, Ireland and Portugal, this would be barely enough to support Spain and insufficient for Italy if they were locked out of markets for any length of time.
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Because of the grant that went to this company, we can hear the sounds of machines humming and people doing their work, instead of just the ghostly silence of an emptied-out building and the memory of workers who were laid off a long time ago.
They also show that 98.7% of patients (741 out of 751) who were newly diagnosed with cancer started treatment within the target time of 31 days.
Of course, in the early 1990s, which turned out to be the right time to buy property, most British pension funds were getting out of the sector.
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The former Iraqi leader and his one-time defense minister were thrown out of court after arguing with the chief judge.
Sir Peter said he was surprised and "delighted" to be knighted at a time when political honours were out of fashion.
United were then able to play out five minutes of stoppage time - and the celebrations from players and fans at the final whistle illustrated just how vital this victory was to the champions.
Roger Moore, 44, of Stentaway Road, Plymstock, was found out when photography experts decided shadows in his video were incorrect for the time of year, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
Some of the more memorable stories came of out of Boston in the mid-1980s, a time when the Red Sox were rearing a number of good young players hitting their arbitration years and when hearings were at their peak in general (35 cases were heard in 1986).
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City's hopes of a comeback were snuffed out six minutes from time when Dunne missed Rooney's cross and Ronaldo turned home.
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Both companies were left out of the musical chairs consolidation game the last time around, when the United-Continental and Delta-Northwest mergers were consummated.
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Liverpool, who were without the injured Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, showed their defensive discipline to keep out Spurs and should have been out of sight by the time they were awarded an injury-time penalty after David Ngog was brought down by Sebastien Bassong.
Two pensioners' lobbies, which took 5% of the vote last time, were knocked out.
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