• It is also building a new facility in Vavuniya, where many ex-combatants now while away the time, awaiting their turn.

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  • But while A Rod the human can while away his down time by flirting with pretty women in the stands, his equine counterpart has no such diversion to take his mind off his failure on the field of play.

    FORBES: A Rod--The Horse--Loses At Belmont

  • While Democrats and Republicans fritter away the time politically posturing and holding tight to their party lines, the U.S. comes closer to losing its coveted Triple-A credit rating.

    FORBES: How To Avoid A Debt Crisis Like The Government's

  • We already had an inkling about the 7260 a few weeks back, and while we weren't exactly blown away at the time, at least this thing makes sense in the context of the rest of the series.

    ENGADGET: Nokia busts it out: the 7280, the 7270, and the 7260

  • While precious time ticks away, the U.S. has not named a leader for the treaty negotiation.

    WSJ: Robert McDowell: The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom

  • The uneasy paradox which so many live with in this country - of being first-and-foremost rugged individuals, out to plunder what they can and paying as little tax as they can get away with, while at the same time believing that America is a robust, model society - has reached a crisis point this week.

    BBC: Downtown New Orleans, near the Superdome

  • The consensus among gastroenterologists is that one or at most two of the devices will survive the test of time and become a standard treatment option, while the others will fade away.

    FORBES: Health

  • Thursday's incident marks the second time a boat has capsized during practice for the 2013 race while attempting a bear-away.

    WSJ: America's Cup Team Feared Capsizing

  • While the CPI at one time was the measure desired by the public, government efforts turned the CPI away from measuring the price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods and services to a quasi-substitution-based basket of goods, which destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of the cost of living of maintaining a constant standard of living.

    FORBES: CPI Inflation Rate Calculator (Experienced vs. Reported)

  • The freeways make them less pleasant and less-connected to downtown, even while they reduce the cost in travel time to live further away.

    FORBES: The Arrogance of Suburbia

  • The welcoming atmosphere--you're encouraged to sit and while away your time--has enabled Starbucks to also sell an ever-tempting array of expensive, high-calorie pastries.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • International residents who only drop in from time to time expect the concierge to run their households while they're away, mastering the finest of details.

    WSJ: Hotel living is the norm at wealthy NYC apartments

  • We got to spend a little bit of hands-on time with prototypes of the new devices, and while we came away slightly impressed, we were nowhere near E-series impressed.

    ENGADGET: Nokia N79, N85 and N96 hands-on Hands-on

  • To achieve his goal he will be toiling away with the weights in the gym and spending time with the physiotherapist while everyone else is either on international duty or taking a well-earned break.

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  • While COBOL has not gone away at the banks, more and more of the technical staff spend their time programming new features and interfaces in modern languages and web application frameworks that provide highly applicable and transferable skills to startups only too happy to hire them for their technical training and domain experience.

    FORBES: Why The Financial Technology Revolution Is Only Just Getting Started

  • As for dealing with the jealously that can crop up while cruising Facebook, my friends recommended stepping away from the computer and soaking in some sunshine or a spending time with nonvirtual people, to keep things in perspective.

    CNN: Facebook inspires status envy

  • Another finalist, the Healthy Schools, Healthy Families' "Just Move" program in New York and New Jersey, added five-minute breaks into students' daily routine while addressing another obstacle in the fight to add physical activity in schools: how to avoid taking away classroom time.

    CNN: Schools given $25K to help kids move

  • There was still time for Gary Roberts to send a free-kick just over the bar, while Lee spooned Huddersfield's last chance high into the away fans, whose dreams of beating Arsenal for the first time in 40 years were extinguished.

    BBC: Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield

  • Gabriel always worked full-time while attending college and now is reaping the benefits of his labor and is just one course away from completing his AAS in Web Graphic Design with a bright future ahead.

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