The time between acceptance and start is a gift you can use to rest and relax or to get a head start on your new role.

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Doctors would be able to use the data to gain a head start in treating and isolating outbreaks of infectious disease - an area where speed is crucial if death rates are to be minimised.

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You can use these same home tours to get a head start on selecting your listing agent by asking the agents you interview to give you a preview of what they would recommend in the way of preparing your home, timing your listing and marketing your house to achieve the objectives you set in Step 1.

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Blinkx got a head start by licensing Autonomy's software, which was designed primarily for use within large companies. (Autonomy has a 10% stake in Blinkx.) Chandratillake started with a dozen programmers to refine the software to better locate and categorize video for the average viewer.

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