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  • At 14 years old during high school summer breaks I'd ride my bike to work, put in a 10-hour day, ride to the bike club, ride home, do my summer reading and wake up at 6:30 a.m. and do it all again the next day.

    Riva Greenberg: Want a Diabetes Hero in Your Town? Meet Phil Southerland Riva Greenberg 2011

  • Godley had originally planned to propose during a flight, but after a 10-hour airport delay, the trip was canceled and he proposed at home.

    30 Rock's Jane Krakowski Has a Baby Boy 2011

  • Sports, he fined a player $1,701 for failing to pay for a $3 bottle of water during a preseason road trip, and before that essentially forced rookies to take a 10-hour bus trip to attend his football camp — and inspiration might be in short supply.

    NFL Replay: Mangini era does not have Browns on upswing 2009

  • Despite being slimmed down, the new iPad 2 still has the same vivid, large 9.7-inch screen, and claims the same lengthy 10-hour battery as the original.

    iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect Walter S. Mossberg 2011

  • Thursday's 10-hour meeting at a Manhattan hotel, which ended at 11 p.m., brought the meetings' two-day total to 22 hours.

    After Negotiations, a Glimmer of Hope in NBA Talks Kevin Clark 2011

  • On my way over to London, I had a 10-hour layover in Reykjavik.

    Old English in New York Mary Kate Hurley 2009

  • The forms went on to describe known side effects, which so far have been mild in most subjects, but the forms don't rule out death or some lesser cataclysmic personal reaction to the drug and they schedule your first infusion mine is on Wednesday as a 10-hour day to make sure you don't have one.

    Robert Schwab: In the Chemo Room: A Guinea Pig Robert Schwab 2011

  • The National Transportation Safety Board called for abolishing 2-2-1 in an April 2007 report, and the inspector general for the Department of Transportation has called for a 10-hour minimum between shifts in general, and 16 hours after a midnight shift.

    Why Air Traffic Controllers Fall Asleep on the Job Langhorne Bond 2011

  • The forms went on to describe known side effects, which so far have been mild in most subjects, but the forms don't rule out death or some lesser cataclysmic personal reaction to the drug and they schedule your first infusion mine is on Wednesday as a 10-hour day to make sure you don't have one.

    Robert Schwab: In the Chemo Room: A Guinea Pig Robert Schwab 2011

  • Ildorfo Javier Aguilar , who owns about 12 acres of coffee plants in the southern state of Guerrero, said he made two 10-hour trips to the northeast part of the state to bring back 17 peones — a Spanish term for farm laborers — in the back of his truck.

    Mexico's Coffee Harvest Struggles Jean Guerrero 2011

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