Tell yourself that improving your communication with your aging parent is a process, not a one-shot deal .

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This process needs a swift shot in the arm if we are to make sure that some of the dazzling gains of modern medicine are not squandered by our own complacency, and that deadly throat infections remain largely a memory of the past.

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If it performs as advertised, the Nomad should remove some guesswork from the complicated process of perfecting a shot of espresso.

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"The traditional mug shot is a process (or space) where a person is automatically marked as a criminal (although not yet convicted), it is combative, accusing, dehumanizing, " says Wicks.

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While this will not result in a more potent shot, Pien thinks it will accelerate the preparation process from five months to two months.

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She was one of the original members of Hear'Say, who shot to fame last year after going through a gruelling selection process on the TV series Popstars.

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So the Supremes have the opportunity to uphold Bilski and still get a shot in at the Federal Circuit if they include language that invalidates patents like the Prometheus process.

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Many of the children adopted from Uganda are given a better shot at life overseas - certainly in material terms -- but the speed and ease of the process has many observers worried.

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