Each of the Swap Force characters also grant access to special areas of the game, a bit like the Elemental zones but focused on the eight different classes of these mix and match toys.

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But Lib Dem Lord Addington asserted that if that right was exercised the different parts of the UK would be on different time zones which is "an irritation we do not need".

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The early twentieth century segregated activities and functions into zones, neighborhoods, and buildings of different singular activities.

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But it remains unclear how these zones are different from any other area of the city.

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They are pushed far outside their comfort zones where they get a different view of pressing global problems they will need to understand as leaders.

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One curiosity of pre-railway Britain was that different parts of the country had their own time zones based on when dusk fell.

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So why couldn't Scotland and the rest of the UK have different time zones?

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It also raises the idea of different pay in different areas - with "local pay zones".

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Metro apps are about the content, about being fast and fluid, with lots of white space and keep out zones and beauty, not about 50 different functions on one page.

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Curiously, the drama has played out in completely different venues two time zones apart - a fact that serves the interests of actors in both places.

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