In just a brief amount of time, an intervention with a dog can interrupt the repetitive, non-interactive behaviors that these children demonstrate.
But Ms. Ellis questioned just how tangible those results could really be given the brief amount of time people are being asked to give.
The flash crash spooked a lot of people for a brief amount of time, but it didn't do much in the way of real economic damage.
He is the most important figure in twentieth-century English-language literary culture, a position he achieved with a relatively small amount of writing produced in a relatively brief amount of time and in unpromising circumstances.
It fooled plenty of people for a brief amount of time, right up until the moment that everyone collectively realised that this exact thing happened in the 1966 Batman movie and that this was probably a great big fake.
No, for me it was a matter of finding jobs, keeping them for a brief amount of time, losing them (or, rather, having them lose me) and starting the cycle anew.
"Usually I get sucked into an overwhelming feeling, or am inspired for a brief amount of time and I write while I'm deep inside of my own head.
You might choose to give pairs a brief amount of time to present their findings at the conference, and then spend additional time as a whole class trying to agree on an action plan.
Dr. Peress testified that he explained the benefits, risks and complications of the surgery to the 24 men, but the inquiry concluded that given the brief amount of time he spent with them at the home and his office before the surgeries, his assertions were not credible.
"All past studies of women denied abortion in the United States have been hospital-specific and local, focusing on a brief amount of time, without a control group," says Roger Rochat, former director of the division of reproductive health at the C.D.C. and a professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University.
