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Excess - In LEAN thinking the term Waiting Motion waste actually refers not to the physical material but rather the relationship of the resource to the end customer.
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The Obama girls got off to school on time, the First Family in Waiting is safely ensconced at the Hay-Adams, and the Aussie PM doesn’t get shooed out of digs that were reserved months in advance.
Blair House Guest Unmasked - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The nonprofit group Angels in Waiting offered to provide care for all of her children, as you can see in the Today show piece above.
Octuplet Mom “OctoMom” Nadya Suleman’s $1 Million Porno Video Offer 2009
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It might be called "Waiting for Dr. Livingston," and it would probably show a lot of adorable, low-income children sitting in a hospital, their fevers spiking as they wait for a doctor.
Julie Woestehoff: What if the Fad Was Med Reform, not Ed Reform? Julie Woestehoff 2011
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Waiting is an important element in stories about women.
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It can be "zany" or not (Beckett is zany in Waiting for Godot, not in How It Is or The Unnameable, but the effect is the same).
Comedy in Literature 2010
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In heart-rending scenes in Waiting for Superman, which was directed by An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim, parents and children are shown watching as numbered balls are pulled out of a tombola.
Can Geoffrey Canada rescue America's ailing schools? Barack Obama hopes so Paul Harris in Harlem 2010
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It might be called "Waiting for Dr. Livingston," and it would probably show a lot of adorable, low-income children sitting in a hospital, their fevers spiking as they wait for a doctor.
Julie Woestehoff: What if the Fad Was Med Reform, not Ed Reform? Julie Woestehoff 2011
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He was recently seen on the London stage appearing alongside fellow actor knight Sir Ian McKellen in Waiting for Godot.
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Waiting is an important element in stories about women.
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