You program the clock with the latest time at which you want to be wakened, and it then duly wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that.

你给时钟设定了你想要醒来的最晚时间，然后它会在之前的浅睡眠阶段按时叫醒你。

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"We are all concerned about Iran running out the clock on us on their nuclear program,".

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Pivot will program around the clock (no long-form infomercials padding fringe periods).

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The NYPD is not being tremendously forthcoming about what the round-the-clock, massive surveillance program entails.

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Not surprisingly, according to one Harvard expert, Medicaid overpayments routinely clock in at 6-7 percent (based on official government audits) and the program is rife with fraud.

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