Many problems that once required sawing through the breastbone and opening up the chest for open heart surgery now can be treated with a nip, twist or patch through a tube.
When we respond quickly to a request or nip a small problem in the bud, it yields instant satisfaction.
First Patel had a delivery nip in on Ganga catching him lbw for 16, and then he had Sarwan out for a golden duck with an almost identical dismissal.
Behind the ambulance, one of the paramedics is taking a quick nip of oxygen.
It also enables authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential epidemic in the bud.
"There was certainly some swing in the two semis but in the final it just tended to nip a little bit off the seam, " said Ward.
Warwick converted from the touchline and Munster closed out the half with another try from Howlett, who used Johne Murphy as a foil to nip between two covering players and make the line.
In theory, these tests provide a great preventive measure for all employees and a simple way to nip anything bad in the bud.
There was a mild breeze and just enough nip in the mountain air to render the sunshine welcome and not overwhelming.
Murrell's pinpoint chip to the right corner caught Briscoe napping, allowing Fox to nip in and poach a 14th try of the season.
"It would appear that there is a tendency for regular users to 'nip across' as the barriers are lowering, " he added.
He insists that we nip into Le Salon, a restaurant and croissanterie that he opened this summer in the gleaming new Hysan Place Mall in Causeway Bay.
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And it was 2-0 on nine minutes when a foolish Chris Smith header allowed Jolley to nip in and lob the ball over the helpless Marriott.
"All ladybirds nip, but they do not generally get a grip on your skin, " Dr Day said.
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Users keen on the Tudors can nip from the palace at Hampton Court to a 1560 map of Civitas Londinium, and learn about Thomas Cromwell against the music of madrigals.
But the A-levels which used to provide that preparation have changed into a school-leaving qualification, and universities have had to nip and tuck what they teach accordingly.
To spot where banks and other financial institutions are collectively taking excessive risks - and nip such recklessness in the bud before it causes a devastating crash of the sort we saw in 2007-8.
In other words, perhaps Harvard believed a quick, simple and limited e-mail search would nip this problem in the bud and allow the University to confront the alleged source of the leak in the most streamlined way possible.
Mr Holbrooke then found time to nip off (during his lunchbreak?) to broker a deal between the Greeks and Macedonians.
Sure, we carefully covered every inch of trim in a heavy moving blanket beforehand, lest some sharp bit of bike drivetrain nip at the Targa's interior, but the point is, we did it, and even drove home with our Italian cargo and our loaner German hauler both arriving unscathed.
As American lines like Bonobos, Band of Outsiders and Freemans Sporting Club have adapted the traditional tailoring of their storied U.K. counterparts to suit modern tastes ("if it ain't broke we'll nip it"), at London's custom houses, even a stitching tweak would be perceived as mutinous a decade ago.
It remained nip and tuck down the final stretch, with Micheel edging ahead again with a birdie at 33, and Karlsson had to hole a six foot putt at 35 to keep the game alive.
"There's a lot of veteran guys in here, and they're better about communicating and addressing stuff to nip it in the bud right away, " Shumpert said.
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