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However, for some models, the time it took for experts to persuade systems to circumvent safeguards had increased forty-fold in just six months.
From BBC
Almost surely, you remember who took you there.
“Frankly, that wasn’t as good as an investment grade company that purported strong value, great response to our concerns of what it took to operate,” Di Piazza says.
“Grandfather was the first one out on the floor, always working and moving, and he took people up with him,” Gabriel said.
From Los Angeles Times
After an eight-week trial, it took a jury five hours to return a guilty verdict.
From Los Angeles Times
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