Mr Ford said the the scale of change facing the Prison Service (NIPS) was "unprecedented in its complexity".
The nips and tucks have been more granular, too, such as pulling once-outsourced functions back in-house.
From 1 April NIPS would launch its new operating model, he said.
We just hope someone nips this in the bud soon -- we don't need American carriers knowing about our Scottish Fold obsession.
He said NIPS would be working with the Department of Employment and Learning about the concept of a secure college for offenders.
Yet recently one of his lesser-known investments is starting to take nips out of Microsoft, SAP and, oddly enough, even his own Oracle.
He said NIPS had conducted a review of full body image scanners and he intended to start a pilot scheme as soon as authorisation was in place.
The company then nips a flat 2.75-percent fee from all transactions.
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It will be known as the Police Service of Northern Ireland, rather than Patten's suggested Northern Ireland Police Service because the Government disliked the NIPS acronym.
They said that such a process might pave the way for "radical change" in the way that NIPS is managed and how its industrial relations are handled.
Max Murray of NIPS said that family relationships were vital in terms of relationships, and Colin McConnell added that 30% of the prisoner population came from Belfast.
The market for cosmetic surgery extends surprisingly far down the income scale, thanks to readily-available credit (nips and tucks can often be paid for in ten instalments).
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Colin McConnell, director-general of NIPS, outlined the review of the service's estate strategy, including the improvement of facilities for young and women offenders and the decommissioning of Magilligan by 2018.
He whispers to the kindling a sweet and urgent seduction, and the handfuls of dry grass and twigs piled in the stump suddenly ignite and the young fire nips at his fingertips.
Elsewhere, there are nips and tucks that are welcome, such as the improved Gallery application we mentioned previously, which seems to be one of the few areas actually tapping into the Snapdragon's horsepower.
Mr. Brenner also nips out to a nearby bakery for sweet pastries and breads on the morning of the event, wanting to have the freshest possible baked goods on the table when his guests arrive.
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"Yet, despite this positive activity, this report shows there is a continuing gap between the NIPS's stated intention and the delivery on-the-ground of meaningful outcomes for prisoners, especially at Maghaberry Prison, where the majority of prisoners at risk are located, " he said.
And if the labyrinth of racks find you swearing up a storm because of the way ready-made clothing fits, then buy something slightly larger than you would normally wear and get thee to a tailor, where hems, nips and tucks can customize nearly any piece of clothing.
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This is how I whiled away one long summer night at a wedding reception on the Baltic coast of Sweden: hearing toasts, crooning local drinking songs and draining a profusion of little nips bottles of something called snaps (which is pronounced "schnahps, " but is very different from dessert-like schnapps).
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