Locum Sabah Al-Zayyat saw 17-month-old Peter Connelly at St Ann's clinic in Tottenham, north London, two days before he died - a potentially critical intervention.

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Speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and other specialized doctors can be critical for early intervention to help a child lessen the challenges of autism.

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In the Intel case, FTC intervention was critical because the competition was not coming back anytime soon.

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In a BBC interview Mr Mbeki conceded that the issue of national sovereignty was difficult, but he felt that early intervention was critical.

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"Naturally I would have liked greater central intervention in critical areas such as change of use, parking, business rates and the sign-off of new out-of-town developments and I will continue to fight for these, " she said.

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The American investor and cofounder of the Quantum Fund has been critical of government spending and intervention in the markets and predicts it will lead to serious inflationary problems.

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In turn, this allows them to deny the scope of the problem, to delay having to fix the problem, and to maintain the illusion that they are keeping our critical infrastructure safe and secure without further government intervention.

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The reason why Europe's bank-recapitalisation schemes have been approved by the European Commission is that banks play a critical role in the economy: increased lending justifies intervention.

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After intervention of the police and the arrival of an ambulance, he was in critical condition and transported to a hospital.

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