She used this technique in 1993 -- for the first time anywhere -- to treat farsightedness.

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Perhaps now the seriousness of their current situation will catalyze new courage and farsightedness.

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It is a public company set up in 1973, in an unusual fit of farsightedness by the country's then ruling generals.

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McDonald was also the third physician in the world to perform a procedure called conductive keratoplasty -- a noninvasive surgery for farsightedness that involves using radio-frequency energy to heat small spots around the cornea.

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From Brussels, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a congratulatory note that Napolitano will serve at a time when EU nations must "display great calmness, courage and farsightedness" amid calls from Europe's citizens for restored growth and jobs.

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