As with many tricky situations, the first step towards recovery is admitting the problem.
But learning the lexicon is the first step towards leveling the playing field for good.
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This announcement is the first step towards a huge new nationwide system of regulation.
But the first step towards turning around a perilous trend is to recognize what is happening.
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But the announcement is only the first step towards greater protection for young sex workers.
This opening was supposed to be the first step towards scrapping all regulations holding up cross-border trucking.
The Indian Express said the talks "could be the first step towards a new equilibrium in Sino-Indian relations".
Perhaps it will be the first step towards fully integrating medical and long-term care for all Medicare beneficiaries.
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The first step towards halting inputs lies with the ongoing nuclear weapons situation over the past twelve years.
The first step towards simplification is to break out of this silent collusion.
Certainly, talking about a problem is the first step towards solving that problem.
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So, if political stability is the first step towards financial stability, Japan may be about to turn the corner.
Canada insists that this is not the first step towards a negotiated settlement.
The first step towards the 19th-century unification of Germany was, after all, the formation of a customs union, the Zollverein.
On June 18th it took the first step towards doing just that.
The US has welcomed Monday's agreement as the first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations and close co-operation against drugs.
The EU Commission will launch the first step towards a banking union later today when it proposes new powers for dealing with failing banks.
This bodywear line will be the first step towards making David Beckham a full blown fashion brand according to his business partner Simon Fuller.
In general, the North's media praised the two Kims for taking the first step towards reconciliation and the eventual unification of the divided nation.
Health Secretary Alex Neil said the pilot was "the first step towards making our NHS more 'user friendly' and giving patients what they want".
Hence, if competitive distortions can be avoided, we support airlines' inclusion in the EU Emissions Trading System as the first step towards a global cap-and-trade framework.
The first step towards doing the latter would be to take advantage of the present teaching moment before contemplating further rewarding the Saudis for their double-game.
The reality is that when you start down this path, it is the first step towards accepting that the business is not all about you anymore.
McCullough, who has not fought since losing to Scott Harrison in March 2003, believes it could be the first step towards another crack at the big time.
Last month it took the first step towards that goal when its subsidiary NNB Generation Company was granted a nuclear site licence by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
In what would appear to be the first step towards complying with the order to license its standards-essential patents, Google has dropped some of its claims against Microsoft.
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The first step towards the Bolivarian dream had been Petrocaribe - a scheme to provide cheap oil to the countries of Central America and the Caribbean that depend on imports.
As the first step towards the commercialization of its new CMOS image sensors, Sony has developed a model with built-in signal processing functionality, an element that usually requires external embedment.
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