They are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters of us who wait and pray that this will be over soon.

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"Ihope this crisis will be over soon, " she says wearily.

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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.

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SightSound.com, a company that legally distributes movies over the Web, this week said it will soon be selling films using Gnutella.

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This is not a small matter, given that Energy Secretary-nominee Dr. Ernest Moniz is being grilled this week on Capitol Hill over some of these very issues for which he will soon be responsible.

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Over 25 million workers are currently undergoing or will soon be facing this stunning change in the way they work.

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So they could have done without this week's reminder that soon they will be embroiled in the mother of all financial battles over what to do about all the debt piled up by Saddam Hussein's regime.

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This clash over final results could matter soon, because it bears on how the talks will be structured.

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