• A., had worked for a half dozen years as an independent information technology consultant while her children were young.

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  • The island emboldened the Conways to put light-green carpeting down in other parts of their home, something they had been resigned to living without while their grandchildren were young.

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  • My assumption was that Sandberg wanted women to tough it out and push ahead with their careers while their kids were young, and to put success in the office ahead of the time-consuming, energy-sapping but ultimately deeply rewarding demands of parenting.

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  • Older people were interested in the idea of monitoring health from mobile phones while young parents were interested in mobile services that would enable them to keep track of children.

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  • In my case, my parents encouraged my sister and I to start a small scale vending machine business while we were still very young.

    FORBES: Newt's Right: Put the Kids to Work

  • What surprised me most was the timidity and diffidence, and maladroitness, of the young men, who basically huddled in a corner by themselves and stared at their shoes, while the young women were waiting to be approached.

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  • While other young composers were plunging into new sounds, Sir Michael continued to immerse himself in the past, in the works of musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries, and finally, Beethoven, whom he had turned away from as a boy, fearing undue influence.

    BBC: World: Analysis

  • While most Millennials were too young to own stocks or real estate during those market crashes and Baby Boomers enjoyed decades of growth in both assets throughout the 80s and 90s, many Gen Xers had the misfortune of starting their investing just as both markets were peaking.

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  • Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young were killed while chasing a tornado in El Reno.

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  • Aston Villa were without Ashley Young because of a knee injury, while the visitors were able to recall Van der Vaart, out since going off early against Liverpool at White Hart Lane in November.

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  • The same day five young men were killed while playing soccer in a city park.

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  • "When I was a young boy, while my friends were playing with electric trains and teddy bears, I was out collecting decoys, " says Donal O'Brien, 71, former chairman of the National Audubon Society and part of the old guard, with shorebirds and waterfowl in his collection.

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  • Villa's wing duo of James Milner and Ashley Young were largely peripheral figures, while in contrast Burnley's wide men were heavily involved.

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  • Finally it calls on the Scottish government to consider halting the current industry plans to provide telecommunications masts at least within a mile of residential areas, while the risks to the health of young children were fully reassessed.

    BBC: Public Petitions Committee

  • In Houston, college students and young adults were the most engaged audience while in Orlando it was families and seniors.

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  • The figures show that seven children committed arson not endangering life, while 11 youngsters, one as young as seven, were committed assault causing actual bodily harm.

    BBC: Child crimes in Norfolk revealed

  • While they were there, Joseph Kennedy crashed his jeep, leaving a young woman paralyzed.

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  • She has the support of many of the young men and women who went through ROTC while they were there at school.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton

  • Tory-controlled Wandsworth Council said virtually all young children were taken to school by parents, while older children were able to cross the roads.

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  • Young drivers were most likely to admit to speeding while on highways, but 84% said they drove at or below the speed limit in school zones.

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  • In his latest report, Brig Monro said while there were examples of new and interesting work going on to inspire young people at Polmont, the facility had not yet reached its potential either as a young offenders institution or as a major part of the Reducing Reoffending Programme Phase 2 (RRP2).

    BBC: Polmont, Falkirk

  • Yet in spite of this impressive record, 9% of students are unable to complete their schooling and as such, as of 2004, about 220.000 young people had basic education while 0, 6% adults were totally illiterate, and between 6, 5% and 11, 2% (or four million) were functionally illiterate.

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  • Three young women in tight skirts were running the kitchen, sweating while working with a brand new pizza oven.

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  • Most of the 6, 200 who died were trapped while asleep, too old too flee their collapsing homes or too young to understand the danger.

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  • On Monday, the Creative Coalition was putting on a ball with a performance by the Goo Goo Dolls, while the Young and Powerful Black Tie Ball and the Congressional Black Caucus Inaugural Ball were also taking place in the city.

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  • Young men with dust in their hair were assumed to have acquired it while marching through the bush.

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  • Mr Hardwick said while the prison provided "reasonably good outcomes" for most young people overall, there were weaknesses which needed to be tackled.

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  • My classmates and I, being the youngest of the young, remained uniformed college students for the longest period, while those who were only a year or so older went off for officer training and preceded us into those terrifying island battles which marked the last stages of the Pacific war.

    NEWYORKER: Rat Beach

  • And while these events were truly extraordinary, the moments that defined the trip were those we shared with young people who are shaping their countries in Africa, and organizations that are working to strengthen communities.

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  • While it was common for these skills to be passed down from father to son, many young men were also adopted into the ninja clans.

    BBC: Japan's ninjas heading for extinction

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