But the days of trying to guess the employer's desired answers could soon be over.
Some are quietly relieved that the time-consuming and costly dispute may soon be over.
John McCain and Chuck Hagel included, agrees with Cheney's assessment that the insurgency will soon be over.
All of the rampant speculation over the last few weeks, if not months, will soon be over.
The Spanish can see that the fiesta may soon be over, and they do not like it.
The days will soon be over when a strange little fish waits a quarter of a century for a new name.
The days of engineering an effective television shooting will soon be over.
The army now seems optimistic that the crisis will soon be over.
For the people who placed the 85, 000 pre-orders for the Pebble Watch through its Kickstarter campaign, the wait will soon be over.
Events appear to be doing so with astonishing, frightening speed in Egypt right now, so the time of great restraint may soon be over.
During his ill-starred speech to the European Parliament, Mr Berlusconi mockingly reassured his critics that the presidency is only for six months and would soon be over.
Fifa are set to make their judgement on Cousin's future in the next five days and Smith is hoping the waiting will soon be over for all involved in the transfer.
The French are confident that this phase of the campaign will soon be over, adds our correspondent, though of course the vast desert hinterland offers the Islamists endless opportunities to retreat and regroup.
ASEAN's divisions over Cambodia may soon be papered over, other problems created by expansion may be harder to disguise.
If the recession isn't already over, it will soon be declared over.
All three men will soon be handed over to the attorney general for prosecution.
As John Wotowicz of Morgan Stanley, an American investment bank, points out, Europe will soon be brimming over with suitably junky companies.
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EU's 15 (soon to be over 20) governments and interested others, with their defence ministries and armed forces, will take skill and lots of practice.
Unless something permanent is done in the near future, however, the culture that promotes such behavior may soon be exulting over the "honor killing" of a young woman in America.
While the U.S. may not be pleased that its gross domestic product (GDP) will soon be overtaken, schadenfreude over the current slowdown in China would be misguided.
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Ahtisaari said the agreement means NATO's air war against Yugoslavia could be over soon.
Despite the surge in inflation there are signs that the worst may be over soon.
Soon it will all be over but the arranging of the fig leaves.
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They are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters of us who wait and pray that this will be over soon.
"My friends, the war will be over soon ... for all intents and purposes, although the insurgency will go on for years and years and years, " the Arizona senator said.
Does this look like this wave of violence was a spasm which will be over soon or do you think it could undermine the peace agreement, undermine the legitimacy of the government?
It seems like no company is avoiding the uncertain situation in Europe, where automakers have been concerned for months, but in its news release, Ford warned that the problems may not be over soon.
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