But before you have a kneejerk reaction to a problem consider your expertise and services as a contribution.

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While such numbers make the eyes spin like, well, washing machines, some people still find it hard to consider laundering as a problem in its own right.

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To give you a sense of the scale of this problem alone, consider that according to the Recording Industry Association of America, approximately 2.6 billion files each month are copied on peer-to-peer sites such as KaZaa and LimeWire , which are increasingly being used to share movies in addition to music.

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But Glasper doesn't consider the lack of a musical label to be a problem.

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While he described the deficit as a serious problem, Congress needs to consider "whether or not we're hitting the deficit brake too soon, " Mr. Durbin said.

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If you decide to book two tickets on two different airlines, be sure to allow extra time to make your connections, and consider buying good travel insurance to make sure you're covered in the event of a problem.

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But we really want to get the message out there that we do not consider this a major problem, and certainly it does not outweigh the tremendous benefits of statin therapy.

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We all tend to focus on certain salient aspects of a problem, and these can obscure other aspects, which may be essential to consider.

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If this is a problem, consider trying an "allergy-proof" slip cover on your mattress to keep the mites trapped in, so they can't access your sheets and pillows, he said.

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