"You couldn't combine the Obama health plan and the Rangel tax plan and put them together in one package, " he says.

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Merck spokesman Tony Plohoros says that Merck's statement at the analyst meeting referred to its plan to gather and combine heart-safety data from three other studies, whose primary aim was to show Vioxx could prevent or treat cancer.

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The plan will combine public transportation alternatives and innovative solutions.

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Personal Capital's planners can't perform all of the functions of full-service planners, like estate planning, and the company's plan to combine technology with human service could make the process less personal.

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The scientists plan to combine those brain scans with medical records and demographic information in electronic dossiers that can be analyzed on the project's supercomputer.

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The plan, according to aides, will combine incentives for conservation and developing energy resources in addition to petroleum -- such as nuclear power -- and new initiatives aimed at promoting domestic oil drilling.

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Like medical research provides general insights that a skilled doctor needs to combine into a unique treatment plan for an individual patient, rigorous management research could and should provide the basis for skilled managers to make better decisions.

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The plan also includes innovative tactics and cutting-edge tools, like geographic information-system maps that combine cartography and database technology to help locate children who have not been reached by vaccinators.

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