And leaders must understand that HRE takes place over an arc of time with many vital steps along and often rocky path.

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In the modern history of the Catholic Church, "no other story has drawn such negative coverage over this arc of time, " says Allen.

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Every character got their arc, every character had time to develop and build relationships with other characters, and every character suffered some kind of challenge that tested them and forced them to overcome limitations and obstacles in order to be a strong link in the chain for the team.

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Perhaps at Harvard Summers will have time to reflect on the dismal arc of his split tenure in government service.

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Microsoft, in its semi-annual Security Intelligence Report , depicts an arc of hacking activity that has evolved over time.

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Reality TV gained in popularity around the same time as the vanguard of long-story-arc pioneers like The Sopranos came along.

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Smith says that one test in the U.K. found 80% of time, people would surrender after seeing the warning arc, without an officer actually having to fire the device.

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They never trailed, held the league's best team from 3-point range to 4-of-25 shooting from beyond the arc, and bolstered their NCAA tournament credentials by beating Duke for the second straight time.

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Piven: "Very Bad Things" was the first time I ever felt in a movie that I really had a character with an arc ... that I got to be constructing.

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