hrs.
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Without water, in the cruel heat, few of the trapped can survive more than 72 hrs., no matter how strong the will to live.
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In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration asked airlines to put into effect special procedures that included holding cargo for 24 hrs. before shipment and discontinuing curbside baggage check-ins on international flights.
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The latter must be paid 39 hrs.' salary for 35 hrs. of work--equivalent to an 11% raise--with the government making up the difference.
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Monday through Thursday she and her students spend 3 1/2 hrs. preparing and eating lunch.
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Le Néouville.—12 hrs. by the Col d'Aure, there and back.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
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