But both Kerry and Edwards, who say they are opposed to same-sex marriage but open to civil unions, were clearly trying to carefully step through the political minefield the issue presents.
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As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Beijing, the launch was a carefully planned step in a space program that aims to create a lasting Chinese presence in space.
So although not yet daring to call for the postponement of the election that Mr Blair has not yet announced, on March 20th Mr Hague took a carefully disinfected step in that direction.
They set up base camp, often in absurdly frigid temperatures, and step carefully into waist-high snow.
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Mrs Clinton and John McCain themselves may step carefully around the issue, as they have so far, but their supporters will not be so subtle.
And Middleton has been on guard, carefully placing each step.
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This way we can examine each step and carefully layer it on top of what we have right now.
They have carefully thought out each step in advance-even providing a healthy emergency fund for unanticipated expenses or opportunities.
He noted that Willis is exceptional in carefully orchestrating his next step after the NBA, and other players could follow suit.
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So take the extra step and carefully evaluate the fundamentals.
The Greenes also step in with carefully targeted encouragement when their kids hit a rough patch.
If the issue of vendor lock-in is not carefully managed, the cloud could represent a step backward in terms of its impact on flexibility and choice in the enterprise.
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"At every step of the way, the company carefully considered the data on ASR and actively engaged with surgeons about their general feedback on the ASR system, " he told BBC News.
And their concern is that a statement is going to be a first step towards sanctions, unless it's very carefully worded.
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As industries become more knowledge-based and more firms turn to open and user-led innovation models to keep a step ahead of disruptive innovators, governments will have to think more carefully about what, if anything, they can do to keep their economies competitive.
The five countries the Burmese president is visiting are not Europe's largest, but every step on the world stage involving this once most isolated of countries is carefully watched for signs of how well its democratic transformation is progressing, reports BBC South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.
But there are times in life and business, when we need to take a step back, breathe, slow down and think it through more carefully than usual especially during those rare times of national, even global crisis.
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Should we fail to step up to this new national security monitoring effort at the federal level on a balanced, carefully-crafted basis, there is little doubt that it will be taken on at the state and municipal levels in a blunter manner which would likely prove more chilling to our highly successful capital markets.
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