The current RFIs take that process another step, seeking further guidance on access to scientific publications and initiating a parallel process relating to digital data, as called for in the COMPETES Act.

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The powerful notion here is that initiating the succession process is the founder's choice, not his heir's, thus imbuing the elder with a sense of control--just when he needs it most.

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We read the precedents differently and see that initiating an impeachment process for only the third time in American history takes a far higher threshold than simply making a laundry list of laws a president may have violated.

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The drug is a bioengineered antibody to a crucial natural protein called Rank-ligand that appears to play a central role in initiating the bone breakdown process.

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Harcourt began the process of initiating legal action last year.

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Zeynep Kaya, a researcher at the department of International Relations of the London School of Economics, says it may have been an important factor in initiating the recent peace process.

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The Scripps Research Institute team had already boosted the number of cells created with two compounds initiating a naturally occurring process that moves the cell nearer to a stem-cell like state.

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Ensure that the community has a consent process in place prior to initiating environmental and social impact assessments.

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Rather than initiating research, it is designed to evaluate existing studies, in a process known as systematic review.

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