The boards say they are distressed over the potential harm an outdated or unsuitable contact lens can cause, making verification of a valid prescription essential.

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"If travel is essential, the public should avoid exposed or coastal areas where gusts could cause significant harm to individuals, " he said.

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On the face of it, genes that cause diseases do share one thing: they are, in a technical sense, non-essential.

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This is the result of increased demand in essential, commodity-based assets that comes at the same time unemployment, stagnant wages and tighter credit cause consumers to put off big-ticket purchases.

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Rather, I think the root cause lies in families of origin, where the critical thinking, reading, and listening skills so essential to success in a global high-tech economy, need to be modeled from the earliest possible age.

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