He carried on most of a brief interview in Tibetan through two translators, with occasional asides in English.
However, for most children, a brief period of observation (about 4 hours) can help reassure physicians that there are no significant injuries.
What keeps them within the realm of masks is their potency — most require a brief period to fully absorb and typically aren't recommended for daily use.
Chairmen do not have to let shareholders speak at all, though most include a brief, tightly controlled question-and-answer session.
The magnitude 5.8 quake that struck central Virginia on Aug. 23 may seem like a distant memory to most Northeasterners, a brief physical and emotional rattling that was promptly overwhelmed by Hurricane Irene.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The moment that President Obama chose to visit Afghanistan for the first time in 17 months was a rare chance for him to make the most of a brief window when relations between the two governments are improving after months of crisis, and when the likely fallout of the coming NATO withdrawal is still months away.
"I mean, I love my family to death," he said, "but sometimes you need a break, you know?" Like most National Guardsmen at the time, Norris imagined that if all the training and hiking and going on maneuvers ever culminated in Alpha Company's seeing "action," it would be helping out with a natural disaster or, at most, perhaps a brief peacekeeping stint in Kosovo or Bosnia.
The hosts did, however, make the most of a brief spell of pressure just before the half-hour.
Over 50% of the wetlands measured provided optimal habitat across <10% of their area at the peak of migration in early April, and most provided a brief duration of shallow water habitat.
