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For many, over the years the crimes get more serious, the sentences longer and the time spent between prison spells ever briefer.

Three years afterward the world is in a slightly better mood, and the time difference between New York and Paris is much briefer.

We made a very conscious choice to keep it on the briefer side because it is challenging subject matter.

The exam will be briefer — two hours and 14 minutes instead of three hours — and students will have more time for each question.

The time from when dogs enter the shelter until they’re euthanized for lack of space or interest is briefer than at other shelters, The Times found.