Still, as Johnson goes about blending his BET into Viacom, he grapples with a delicate process.

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Building effective alliances with the Vatican and Egypt is a delicate process.

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When seismic surveys show that there is a good chance of finding oil, companies set about the delicate process of drilling an exploratory well.

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The delicate process of freeing up China's capital and current account restrictions to allow the yuan to play a role commensurate with China's industrial power will take time.

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And right now, quantum teleportation is an extremely delicate process.

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In the delicate process of ferreting out fraud while you indulge in your feast, keep one thing in mind: a meal is a joyous occasion that brings people together no matter what their circumstances.

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While the site's ultimate goal is to illustrate the delicate process of opening our gadgets while leaving them unharmed, the good folks at iFixit never fail to entertain us in the process, with two dozen high-res photos of the Nexus 7's innards littering the 21-step repair guide.

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And in the context of a delicate process that could stretch well into the next decade, there is always the fear that, as has happened in previous attempts at peace, a particularly rash and violent act by one of the armed factions will bring the whole process crashing down.

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What scientists are learning, however, is that this relationship between corals and algae is also based on a delicate communication process from the algae to the coral, telling it that the algae belong there, and that everything is fine.

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It is a delicate, sensitive and complicated relocation process.

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Good strategic marketing planning can achieve this delicate balance by applying fresh approaches to the annual planning process.

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The two companies, working independently, are each working on a process use 3-D printing to manufacture some of the more delicate parts of aircraft, according to Technology Review.

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