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Investors often give fund managers the most money at the worst possible time-when the markets are up.
Spanning The Globe 2008
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The present caretaker government continued special security for the former Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader after the stipulated three months in view of the prevailing situation at that time-when there was a fluid political scenario in the country.
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She said crisply, 'Isn't that rather a waste of time-when you'll be gone so soon?'
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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That was one reason why females had come to enjoy all the freedoms of a man since that time-when his wife could make a man feel every blow, he tended to be less inclined to beat her ... when his own eyes burned with every tear his daughter shed, he was less inclined to sell her into a marriage with someone she feared or hated.
Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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Yes, Rahmin thought, a very different time-when they could be proud of their creations, when they could depend on them.
Day of Honor Carey, Diane 1997
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He was easing the wheelchair over the curb and back into the street again'the sidewalk was too littered with crap to make any real time-when the drums suddenly cut out.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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Misha still remembered the shame of his youth-not that he'd thought it shameful at time-when he'd used his officer's shoulder boards to bed any girl who'd caught his eye.
The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988
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A few days earlier-Terrestrial time-when Rhodan decided to spare the lives of Tomisenkov and his men, he had thereby automatically killed his other plan to rid Venus of the foreign intruders, thus demonstrating to the positronic brain that the threat had been eliminated and that it was safe to open the entrance.
Venus in Danger Mahr, Kurt 1976
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Traditionally, farmers borrow money (often at high interest rates) to plant their crops, then sell the product at harvest time-when its price is lowest-to pay their debts.
Chapter 6 1973
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I hadn't told you before, but there was a time-when you were very young.
The Sound of Thunder Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1966
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