Achieving long-term career goals requires sustained effort and deliberate action.

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The clues suggest deliberate action.

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Now, consider that most of what we think of as "big data" is created by deliberate human action: phone calls, Web logs, credit card transactions, etc.

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Self-harm involves deliberate personal injury and such action may be a sign that something is seriously wrong.

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However, unnamed hospital sources quoted by El Mundo said the severity of his injuries, and speed with which the fire had spread, suggested his action had been deliberate.

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They deliberate on the best, most utilitarian course of action.

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"It is these thoughtless acts and deliberate jokes that can cost lives as that single action can have an impact on the swiftness of the police's response to a real emergency, " she said.

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And a group of creditors, who stand to lose if the action further damages MCI, say that the rivals are engaged in a deliberate smear campaign designed to drive customers away from MCI.

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