This systematic evaluation is a crucial element of improvement and should not be either an afterthought or an inconvenience.

BBC: Viewpoints: Childcare changes

This is the point at which the element makes its alteration to the image (or not, as the case may be).

ECONOMIST: Analogue computing

In other words, I would say, whether Correa's claims regarding fumigations are legitimate or not, they reflect, in my opinion, more than anything an important element of anti-Colombian hostility.

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Beyond that, and beyond our insistence -- our public insistence that Republicans accept and acknowledge that rates on top earners have to go up, and accept and acknowledge that any package on the revenue side would have to include that element, I'm not going to get into the sausage-making or the internal discussions and deliberations, only because we hope that this process actually produces a positive result.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

But there is an undoubted element of power and status in knowing not just information, but a distinct quotation or verse.

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Alex Richardson from Gladiator Programme said community sports groups were not getting money and there was no Olympic legacy or new facilities for Easterhouse despite it being used as a key element of the Commonwealth games bid.

BBC: Scottish Parliament

But to Ms. Trasciatti, a professor of speech communication and rhetoric, the act of collecting these stories is an end in itself an element of Long Beach's recovery, not unlike the gutting of homes in its West End or the dumping of sand to restore its beach.

WSJ: Sandy Oral History: Tales of the Superstorm in Long Beach

It may not be chat (unless a Hangout element is added) but it could be value-added content, discovery or rewards.

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