Kelly has called the practice a lifesaving tool that deters criminals from taking illegal weapons in public.

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The New York Police Department says the practice has been a valuable tool for catching career criminals and deterring thefts in public places.

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"However, much of the current delay is due to poor practice, not the lack of tool for diagnosis, " he said.

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In recruiting, more than any other HR practice, we need global platforms and tool sets.

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Antitrust law is widely accepted to be a tool for protecting consumers against the most damaging practice of monopolists, which is to artificially restrict supply so they can drive up prices and profits, and not a legal weapon for small companies to attack their larger competitors.

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In practice, its a nifty, easy-to-use tool for freshening up the raw footage taken on mobile devices.

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And given how new the practice still is for many marketers, there may not be established tool-sets, community governance and internal processes to make sure routing of issues is aligned with the right departments.

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Opponents of the practice cite evidence that these are more effective than goats or pigs as an instructional tool.

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The tool follows a step-by-step climate resilience framework inspired by existing good practice risk management models.

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Chinese calligraphy has always been more than simply a tool for communication, incorporating as it does the element of artistry for which the practice is still valued in an age of ballpoint pens and computers.

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We have already seen social media used as a new wartime communication tool, but a fresh tactic being deployed by the United States government may be taking the practice to a new level.

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