I've known people who put the alarm clock in the living room, but then forget to set it before going to sleep.

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"I was sitting about six o'clock in the living room, watching TV, and I noticed a woman walking past the window with two dogs, " she said.

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The one source, perplexed by this reasoning, questioned the expertise of some of those in the room who said they coached football, wondering if they understood the time constraints of the play clock.

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When Jerrold Zacharias was developing the first atomic clock, working in Building 20, he removed two floors in his lab to make room for a three-story metal cylinder.

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It is a small room in a bustling government office, where a team of 12 women work round the clock in shifts and attend to calls.

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