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  • The college of physicians' push for what it calls "high-value, cost-conscious care" - and similar work being published in the Archives of Internal Medicine - aims to get more doctors to think twice so their patients won't be put in that uncomfortable position.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • SEAL Team 6 members often go after what are called high-value targets - senior Taliban commanders or al-Qaida fighters.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • SEAL Team 6 members often go after what are called high-value targets - senior Taliban commanders or al-Qaida fighters.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The reporter provided the information to an investigator working for defense attorneys representing so-called high-value detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the FBI affidavit says.

    Charges Brought in CIA Leak Evan Perez 2012

  • While effective against so-called high-value targets, these officials say the large number of strikes the CIA carries out targeting Taliban foot-soldiers deeply strains relations with Islamabad, jeopardizing broader cooperation.

    Al Qaeda's No. 2 Killed in Pakistan Adam Entous 2011

  • With that in mind, the company calls high-value departures about six months after they settle into their new job to see if they would consider coming back, he said.

    Exiting Employees Are More Disgruntled Than Ever Joe Light 2011

  • The CIA carries out two different types of drone strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan—those against so-called high-value targets, including Mr. Rahman, and "signature" strikes targeting Taliban foot-soldiers who criss-cross the border with Afghanistan to fight U.S. forces there.

    CIA Strikes Strain Ties With Pakistan Further Adam Entous 2011

  • Dozens of so-called high-value targets have been eliminated, like al-Qaida's No. 2, who was killed in an attack last month.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Dozens of so-called high-value targets have been eliminated, like al-Qaida's No. 2, who was killed in an attack last month.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • According to an AP investigation, the CIA housed six so-called high-value terrorism detainees in a Romanian government building in central Bucharest, in the midst of a leafy neighborhood and next to a railway line.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

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