The forecast track shows Alberto moving slowly toward the south-southwest over the next day or so and then accelerating rapidly toward the northeast, away from the U.S. coast on Monday.

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We will build on those successes by accelerating the move toward an electronic record system, minimizing the numerous administrative requirements at doctor offices, hospitals and insurance companies.

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On the domestic front, the Arab Spring-related spending is accelerating a longer-term shift toward economic diversification through domestic projects that include aluminum smelters in Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

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And the trend toward user control is accelerating.

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It galloped toward the planet's core, accelerating at gravity's constant 32 feet per second per second.

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It's interesting to experience, but we didn't notice any swaying toward the tail-end of the car while accelerating no matter how far we pressed the pedal down.

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