We never linked the fairly routine procedure of voting to increase the debt ceiling, voting to ensure that Congress pays the bills that it has already taken on to action on the deficit or the debt.

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Although the procedure is routine, it is common for some of the bacteria to survive it and therefore for infections to re-emerge shortly after treatment.

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With the name so closely resembling that of World of Warcraft, we wanted to discuss the title of the mod with the developer, and as part of our routine procedure, we contacted YouTube to request the video be removed while that discussion took place.

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Although keyhole surgery is routine in humans, the standard procedure in animals is still open abdominal surgery.

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This is normally a pretty routine procedure, taken on the nod, normally alongside a programme motion.

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"With great sadness, we have to announce that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure, " read the message on alvinlee.com.

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He dismissed reports in an Italian newspaper that the pope's decision was linked to a medical intervention to replace the battery in his pacemaker, saying that had been a routine procedure.

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Now it recommends that the procedure be covered by insurance (though it stops short of backing routine circumcision of babies).

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The pope's decision was not linked to a recent medical intervention to replace the battery in his pacemaker, Lombardi said, adding that it had been a routine procedure.

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Once the procedure ends, the penalty begins, and, as long as the cruelty is routine, our civil responsibility toward the punished is over.

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