But why did Mr Brown decide to take such a fateful step now?

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We have the opportunity and the responsibility to take action now and stay a step ahead of our adversaries.

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Some DPC providers such as WhiteGlove Health and Organic Medicine Now take it a step further and make house calls that harken back to the days of your family doctor stopping by your house just a few decades ago.

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Under intense fire, the president could now choose to take a step back from the battlefield.

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"John McCain's ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas, " Obama said at a rainy rally in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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Are corporations, in the name of profits, now going to help them take a step back?

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Now, let me take this a step further and evaluate the credibility of the president.

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If you take a step back and look at what transpired as of now.

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But his colleagues have warned Mr Ashdown that he can now take only one step at a time, and even then only after he has consulted first with his front bench.

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And now he is about to take a giant step forward in the sharing of that art.

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Opponents of gay marriage at the gathering said they now face a tough mission, going back home and explaining to their congregations that they now belong to the largest mainstream church to take such a step.

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Now lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to take this technology a step further in an effort to develop a "smart" electric grid for the entire country.

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The iCub robot was already doing pretty well for itself in the creepiness department, but a group of researchers from the University of Plymouth are now working to take things one big step further, by teaching the so-called "baby robot" to talk (as opposed to teaching it baby talk).

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Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate, we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law.

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