Between 1961 and 1985, the number of US women working within one month of delivery more than doubled.

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The minister confirmed that there will be numbers and targets associated with the scheme which will be announced before the end of the calendar month and that sharing best practice will be key in the delivery of the programme.

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Typhoon is currently grounded due to a landing gear problem, although flying is expected to restart later this month, and the RAF will take delivery of its first jets shortly afterwards.

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At the Paris air show this month Scott Carson, who runs the commercial side of Boeing, had confirmed that the first delivery would be in the spring of 2010.

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Suffredini said Monday that space station crew is well-supplied due to the delivery of goods by the final U.S. shuttle mission carried out by Atlantis last month.

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