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For three years or more I also refused to get internet service but the house I now rent downtown is across the street from an old friend who has wireless internet, so I got hooked with another old time-wasting device when he told me to tap into his system.
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For three years or more I also refused to get internet service but the house I now rent downtown is across the street from an old friend who has wireless internet, so I got hooked with another old time-wasting device when he told me to tap into his system.
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Do some cultures display a greater tolerance of time-wasting?
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For three years or more I also refused to get internet service but the house I now rent downtown is across the street from an old friend who has wireless internet, so I got hooked with another old time-wasting device when he told me to tap into his system.
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All the best episodes involve pointless, time-wasting meetings!
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Some time-wasting is productive in allowing students time to absorb what they have just done and to let their brains settle, no?
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It has to shuffle through various settings -- like a hotel lobby -- to get to where it's going, which is the only explanation for time-wasting moments like watching people stride through a lobby.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Other Desert Cities" Found On Broadway; "69 S" Lost at BAM; "Chinglish" Doesn't Translate Michael Giltz 2011
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Even though she's backing Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity," and even though I now work for her, I had dismissed the event this Saturday on the Mall as self-indulgent, time-wasting comedy.
Howard Fineman: A New Appreciation for the 'Rally to Restore Sanity' Howard Fineman 2010
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Dagano was denied again by the goalkeeper as Angola, who resorted to blatant time-wasting, were forced to defend desperately.
Mateus and Manucho score as Angola see off Burkina Faso 2012
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For three years or more I also refused to get internet service but the house I now rent downtown is across the street from an old friend who has wireless internet, so I got hooked with another old time-wasting device when he told me to tap into his system.
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