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Find out more aboutnail infectionsand what you can do toprevent them, and take at look at thehome remedies that work for toenail fungus.
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Congress's decision this week toprevent federal criminal prosecution of Guantanamo detainees is a piece of this package - a bold contribution to fear-mongering at the expense of national security and accountability.
Gabor Rona: High-tech terrorism or low-tech fear mongering? Gabor Rona 2010
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Talk is cheap and we cannot this or any other Goverment take such a blatant act of educational vandalism. we must act in whatever way we can toprevent this from happening.
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Psoriasis and cancer are two examples of unhealthy cell proliferation, which MTX is designed toprevent.
Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » How Does Methotrexate Work? 2009
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Immediate ash removal is the best strategy toprevent widespread power outages.
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Power Supply and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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As a result there was a new, third US objective, the next concentric circle, toprevent the Taliban from retaking control of large sections of Afghanistan.
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EPA already has clear authority and duties to stop mountaintop mines and just needs to exercise itslegal and regulatory muscle toprevent thepermits from being issued.
Rob Perks: Army Corps Suspends Streamlined Permits for Mountaintop Removal 2009
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This last point is best illustrated by the sheervariety of laws invented by Southern governments toprevent freed slaves from enjoying the personalautonomy that was to have been theirs upon ratificationof the Thirteenth Amendment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Institute for Justice brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009
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As a result there was a new, third US objective, the next concentric circle, toprevent the Taliban from retaking control of large sections of Afghanistan.
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Immediate ash removal is the best strategy toprevent widespread power outages.
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Power Supply and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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