To upgrade, customers should call 1-800-DIRECTV no earlier than three weeks before their market's confirmed launch date.

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The sensitivity indicates detection in humans up to three years earlier than a mammogram can.

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The next day, half of these patients were put to bed six hours earlier than normal.

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Lawrence Fuller has also chosen to retire a year earlier than required by age limits.

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To accommodate them, the store will open one hour earlier than usual, at 7 a.m.

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Much earlier than many had expected, people spilled out to retrieve their cars from the valet.

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They started a week earlier than planned because of the hunger strike, said spokesman Simon Schorno.

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That study could allow the drug to reach the market years earlier than was expected.

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If you filed earlier than the due date, use the due date (April 15).

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One parent recalls that his child awoke much earlier than usually for not missing the program.

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And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.

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In social policy too, the UK has tended to move earlier than the United States.

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But Europe is likely to feel the force of China's outward expansion earlier than America.

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Stephane Le Viet, a 33 year-old French entrepreneur, recognized the opportunity earlier than most.

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Its current boss, Michael Eisner, will then leave—a year earlier than his contract requires.

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And it will start to push the retirement age up to 67 earlier than previously planned.

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Graham asked Zuckerberg if Facebook could have existed any earlier than its launch in 2004.

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