The cancer is in an intermediate stage and could be removed without surgery.

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Around the turn of the century, as some astronauts, typically executive road warriors, got smarter about packing light, says Mr Saffo, they graduated to an intermediate stage, becoming hermit crabs.

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Once licensed, teen drivers must go through an intermediate stage for a set period that limits unsupervised driving at certain times, with most states limiting the number of non-family-member passengers and imposing other restrictions.

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The idea of storing energy from a spring in an intermediate electrical form was taken a stage further in Freeplay's clockwork torch.

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This basic idea of storing energy from the spring in an intermediate electrical form was taken a stage further in Freeplay's clockwork torch, which was launched last year.

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At this stage, it is only proposed that tablets devices will be used in the pleading diets and intermediate diets of summary cases.

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