That includes house cleaning, administrative work, bookkeeping and other tasks that drain your time and energy.
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One big reason chiefs are fleeing boards is that serving on a public board is a huge drain on time.
"The significant drain on time and resources companies face when scheduling and carrying out interviews means for many, it can be an expensive and time-consuming task, " says Matson.
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However, the water could take some time to drain from the pitches, she added.
International is expected to drain profits for some time, according to analysts.
Of course moving to another country comes with lots of added stress and it can drain on your limited personal time.
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But with no philosophy to really use it to create something revolutionary and paradigm shifting, they are only going to drain that money away with time.
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Managing the IT requirements for a workforce that is constantly on the move, demanding access to increasing amounts of data and information, while using a variety of devices, represents a major time and resource drain for the IT Manager.
At the same time, social media obsession can be a significant drain on creative productivity, which requires focused energy, attention and time.
After all, even the 1.3% annual performance drain identified by GAO can over time sink a plan.
The end result could be a net-drain on our defense resources at a time when we are overstretched and need all the help we can get.
Otherwise you are flushing time and resources down the drain.
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So I was surprised that they all didn't go running for the exits given the time that they spent, the financial drain on your - if you have young children and you're working in the White House, you - at some point, you've got to start thinking about how you're going to pay for college.
It is a time-waster, they say, a drain on family incomes, a usurper of land and water better used for cash and export crops like coffee, and possibly a dangerous narcotic too.
Just last week, for example, the Supreme Soviet further delayed action on an emigration bill, this time citing concerns over a potential "brain-drain" and adverse budgetary implications arising from the 10-20 billion ruble cost to print new passports and customs forms which would be needed to implement the new law.
That slump in business, following the end of its pos-Christmas sales, caused a drain in cash that meant the retailer could no longer pay its bills on time.
But if does not drain and you see an abscess or temple that tends to get worse over time, especially coupled with fever and chills, that's something that needs to be followed up on, because that could indicate, as you were speaking about earlier, a more serious underlying infection.
Having to manually reconnect each time is a bit of a drag, but probably better than the battery drain you'd get by leaving Bluetooth constantly on.
At other times, it can be educational like the time I watched a man open his beer bottle on a fire hydrant and drain it in one lusty gulp.
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But time is short, and Canal Plus group has euro5 billion of debt and is sure to drain cash this year something Vivendi can ill afford.
Over time, the market share of illicit drugs would be steadily squeezed and trafficker income and profits would drain away.
With the time we gain by not being a concierge to kids' lives, we can address the brain drain and social tragedy resulting from countless well-educated young adults lingering jobless, especially those who graduated in the dog years of 2007 and 2008.
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