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The exhaustion problem can be dealt with by spending at least half-a-day at home after a trip resting and allowing your body to readjust; and the pressure of the first day back in the office can be reduced by spending a few hours during the vacation checking work e-mail.
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And I can tell you, we spent about half-a-day down there and saw a major problem.
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Rumor has it that Cameron spent a half-a-day dismantling the rented 35mm camera package just so he could understand how to run it.
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I remember working with clients who wouldn't spend the extra half-a-day or the extra hour, and sometimes a mix went out and I'd go crazy.
Mike Ragogna: Still Awesome After All These Years: An Interview With Producer Phil Ramone 2009
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Also, what President Obama accomplished on his first official trip out of the country, a very short trip, less than half-a-day, we will talk about that.
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They went a half-a-day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down.
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When it came time for the job, a one man team took down the gutters and installed the new ones in less than half-a-day.
Outrageously Good Customer Service - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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And they feel that they lost a half-a-day of vacation.
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At NEWSWEEK, we were still a half-a-day away from our Saturday-night "close," so we didn't hesitate to rip up the magazine.
The Editor's Desk 2007
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In that case, the U.S. military now says 19 IEDs had been planted near the wreckage, slowing recovery of the remains of two pilots for half-a-day.
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