Though psychological trauma, which can eventually lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, became a widely recognized problem after the Vietnam War, the promotion of mental-health counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans has accelerated a trickle-down effect to civilians and first responders.

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In one respect, the scandal over Mr Grasso's pay has had a positive effect: it has accelerated changes that critics felt were long overdue at the exchange.

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It's a lesson that other marketers are undoubtedly heeding as they deal with a new world order of blogs, message boards and interactive ad campaigns, which has accelerated the word-of-mouth effect on consumer products.

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The government is also cutting income taxes and has accelerated the cuts, which will now take effect next year.

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It is important to note that such progress is being made on a far more accelerated schedule than our fathers were able to effect in their post-World War II occupation and reconstruction of Germany and Japan.

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Uncovering a natural threat aggravated by the overuse of mass effect technology, and that is being accelerated by some extremist death cult?

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