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  • "It didn't come as a shock," said Terry Donoghue, an Apple technical writer, whose department boss called an hour-long meeting to reminisce about Jobs.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "It didn't come as a shock," said Terry Donoghue, an Apple technical writer, whose department boss called an hour-long meeting to reminisce about Jobs.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "We just finished watching WikiSecrets and were less than impressed," Lulz Boat said, referring to an hour-long documentary that aired on PBS' " Frontline" program on Tuesday.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • "Deen is a champion of downscale cooking that's usually more affordable and easier to master" and that his own personal preferences, "…don't entitle me, Bourdain or anyone else who trots the globe and visits ambitious restaurants - the most casual of which can cost $50 a person and entail hour-long waits - to look down on food lovers without the resources, opportunity or inclination for that." knew what they'd get when they asked him to weigh in on celebrity cooks from The Food Network - that's no surprise.

    unknown title 2011

  • The hour-long meeting then concludes with a hymn entitled “When Faith Endures,” and an impromptu benediction is offered by a thirty-something man who carries his young daughter with him up to the podium and cradles her in his arms as he bows his head, asking “Father in Heaven” to bless those who could not be present at the worship meeting, and for help in “applying what we have learned here throughout the week.”

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • In spite of the attack, Mr Samuel went ahead with his hour-long live Asian Gospel Show on the Venus satellite channel from studios in Wembley, North London.

    Religion news roundup: Scientology, religion trends, Islam, Gwen Shamblin, and more 2009

  • Turn to Comedy Central's hour-long premiere of Kröd Ma¨ndoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (10 ET/PT), a broad, sometimes clumsy but frequently funny spoof of fantasy films.

    Critic's Corner Thursday 2009

  • I took an hour-long trip to the bookstore yesterday (very short, by my standards) and came home with 12 books, plus a Flip Dictionary I'd ordered.

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009

  • Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images As residents returned to work, an hour-long traffic jam formed on the lone bridge open to the public between the city's north and south sides.

    North Dakota River Falls by Inches as Residents Carry On Jack Nicas 2011

  • During the hour-long session with reporters, Obama declined once again to endorse gay marriage, but he made clear he approved of New York's action last week in becoming the largest state to let gays and lesbians tie the knot.

    Obama challenges Congress on taxes, debt limit 2011

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