The minister was announcing the creation of "Sure Start Children's Centres", which will provide assistance in several different overlapping fields - including education, health, childcare and employment.

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The area where I see the two fields most commonly overlapping is in the decision of married couples to elect to file a joint return.

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In many fields of business, companies are focused on overlapping user segments and fighting fiercely over the same customers.

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