The Patients Association said the plans must be translated into action.

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Hopeful that a rapprochement with the Gulf's Arab states might hasten the departure of foreign forces, Iran's new government has gone far to state its good intentions, though these are yet to be translated into action.

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However, it is not yet clear whether this purported reformist agenda will be translated into policy action.

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Coral reefs have the virtue that they are under national sovereignty, so words can be translated into laws, and laws into action.

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But although many of the developments of the 20th century, would shock and surprise them, I am certain that the founding fathers of our party would be proud of how we have translated their values into action.

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That means environmentally induced effects that are translated into action by this sort of epigenesis might be being confused by researchers with inherited ones.

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