There are currently three rush hours in London: the usual two and then an extra one at 23:00 BST when the athletics kicks out.

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Second date: I drove the Outback through several cumbersome New York rush hours in pouring rain, which makes New York drivers extra fidgety.

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During the dinner rush hours in her brewery, Lee brought food to the tables, suggested beers at the bar, and even briefly donned the chef's dress to help out in the kitchen.

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Rush hour is actually six hours long in the largest urban areas.

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Buses will perform better if more people get off of them in favor of bikes, especially for short-term trips during rush hours, Papandreou said.

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Most of the attacks took place in predominantly Shia districts of Baghdad over a period of about two hours during the morning rush hour.

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That saves the average rush-hour commuter about two hours per year of sitting at the most congested place in the country.

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Officials in Washington didn't want a repeat of 2011, when a rush-hour snowstorm stranded commuters for hours, so they told people to stay off the roads and gave workers the day off.

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