"Religion and connection to something higher than oneself, connection to the sacred, connection to a tight-knit religious community allows you to modulate your reactions and your emotions to believe there is a broader purpose, " says Dr Kerry Morton, who is involved in a longer-term study on Adventist health.

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Acid-suppressing medication doesn't help, but low-dose tricyclic antidepressants seem to modulate the pain in some patients.

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Meghann Holmes also tries to modulate her accent, but for professional reasons.

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The brakes are powerful and linear, with decent pedal feel -- we were able to modulate them and avoid triggering the ABS during hard braking.

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Republicans need to modulate our social and cultural message.

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Researchers have steadily overcome such challenges to build a series of building blocks from silicon, including components that modulate pulses of light from lasers to encode data and detect such signals.

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The band and the crew gave particular attention to those lingering seconds between songs when the keys modulate and the guitar techs pass different instruments to the musicians.

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While Saddam probably got this pathetic signal the first time, he surely has got it now: The Clinton Administration is interested in suing for peace, if only Iraq will modulate its behavior with respect to the cease-fire resolutions.

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He came out of the experience with zero time spent on the highway, absolutely no idea how to conduct an evasive steering maneuver, modulate the brakes, turn out of a skid or, for that matter, patiently negotiate stop-and-go driving.

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