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  • D'Amato doesn't deny why he went to the Knights Inn: He was there to meet a pair of prostitutes at what he described as a "24-hour party" in a motel room, with other people popping in an out over the course of the evening for sex and possibly drug use.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • This is called 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, or ABPM for short.

    An easier way to detect ‘white-coat’ hypertension 2011

  • He said the Embassy had recently added the phrase "at 24-hour exposure at this level" to its readings, to clarify how they should be interpreted, and bring them into line with EPA standards.

    Beijing Bows to U.S. on Air Quality Report Jeremy Page 2012

  • The study found that in so-called 24-hour cities, where services like drugstores, restaurants and even retail remain open all day and all night, office landlords enjoy significantly higher returns on their investments.

    Leona Would Be Proud 2012

  • The Norwegian trade unions should call a 24-hour general strike to protest this attack.

    Michelle Chen: In the Wake of Oslo Attacks, A Path Forward for Labor? Michelle Chen 2011

  • Civil servants, who have called 24-hour general strikes for Wednesday and Oct. 19, last week blocked several government ministries to prevent the troika officials from collecting data.

    NYT > Home Page By NIKI KITSANTONIS 2011

  • Civil servants, who have called 24-hour general strikes for Wednesday and Oct. 19, last week blocked several government ministries to prevent the troika officials from collecting data.

    NYT > Home Page By NIKI KITSANTONIS 2011

  • They are also urging patients to call the 24-hour nurse advice line, rather than go to a hospital emergency room, and they are offering health education classes and mental health services on site.

    News - latimes.com 2011

  • Portugal's National Federation of Civil Service Unions, which called the 24-hour strike, said around 60 percent of Lisbon trash collection staff stayed away from work and most emergency staff at main hospitals walked off the job.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • But he still faces opposition from the conservative New Democracy party and Greek trade unions have called a 24-hour strike for 1 December.

    The Guardian World News Katie Allen 2011

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