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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, two workers take a nap on a roof in Madrid, Spain. Political parties are promising to turn the clock back in Spain and eliminate a time quirk dating from World War II, a move that could radically change Spaniards’ eating and sleeping habits, including the celebrated siesta. Until the 1940s, Spain was on the same Greenwich Mean Time as Britain and Portugal, being in roughly the same latitude. “We cannot lose contact with Europe. The rationalization of the timetables of work shifts and government institutions is of capital importance,” Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said last April 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Alberto Di Lolli, File)
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