The Romans improved the process, inventing the fiber wick, and during the Middle Ages, beeswax candles were introduced.
Tensions between ministers and their officials were "inevitable", he said, but this improved the policy making process.
Legislation and the peace process have improved their lot, but left a residue of surly loyalist resentment.
Ms Villiers said the peace process had improved the image of Northern Ireland and stimulated investment, but the violence was putting this at risk.
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The improved design streamlines the process, improves the speed of check-in, offers 12 language options and gives customers the ability to self-select options they find most important in their experience.
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But his actions were nonetheless in line with the peace process that has improved ties and reduced suspicions on both sides.
Do you feel that during this development process you have improved, stayed the same, or declined in your effectiveness during this intervening year period?
The industry says that the introduction in 2000 of a system of certification for rough diamonds - the Kimberley Process - has improved the situation.
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But Mr Stern, like Mr George, believes that the process must be improved and supports the idea of a constitutional convention in California for that purpose.
The large migration of eastern Europeans to the countryside has also focused attention on the role of gangmasters, and seemingly improved their operations in the process.
These efforts include gaining commitments from private-sector participants to automate and standardize the clearing and settlement process, encouraging improved netting and cash settlement arrangements, and supporting the development of a central counterparty for credit default swaps.
It covers the entire spectrum of IT shared service opportunities throughout the Federal Government and promotes the use of existing and new strategic sourcing methods where agencies can combine their buying power for similar IT needs and get lower prices and improved service leverage in the process.
In the process, they have improved, with the Italians, for example, commended for counter-insurgency work in Iraq.
Currently where I periodically serve, the process is quantitatively much improved.
When the three researchers programmed their model to arrange PS10's mirrors in front of the tower in a segment from such a spiral, they both improved the efficiency of the collection process and saved space.
This requires a multi-level approach integrating responsive local government, improved local delivery, and national level process development.
Mr Prabhakaran says Mr Wickremesinghe, and mediation by Norway, have improved the odds that the latest peace process will work.
The improved accounting lays the foundation for a process focus, and a deep analysis of how value is created finishes the job.
Their outlook improved when they were engaged in the process.
This requires both an increase in examination capacity achieved by increasing strategic hiring and creating better working conditions to decrease attrition, and improved efficiency achieved by streamlining the examination process and providing better tools and IT infrastructure.
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Technology in the form of improved dollies and jacking systems has made the process of moving more efficient and less expensive.
But assessed against more modest expectations we say two cheers: the JOBS Act has meaningfully improved and reduced the cost of the IPO process.
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Lead optimisation is a key stage in the drug discovery process, where early leads are improved through cycles of design, synthesis and testing to identify potential drugs which are suitable for testing in a clinical setting.
So this is a process that involves both increased security and improved governance.
According to Australian site Atomic MPC, the company has revealed that the manufacturing process of its next-gen GPUs has improved to the point where the same average voltages can yield much higher clock speeds.
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These are areas where the questions are well defined and the improved capabilities of Watson refine, rather than revolutionize, the process.
During his six years in power, Mr Correa has expanded access to healthcare and education and improved thousands of miles of highways, creating many jobs in the process.
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IMechE says this process is only 25% efficient but it is massively improved by co-siting the cryo-generator next to an industrial plant or power station producing low-grade heat that is currently vented and being released into the atmosphere.
This creates a signficantly improved user-experience through the enhanced 'One-Click' purchase process and delivers greatly enhanced transaction completion rates.
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