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After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.
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Humanitarian workers say the emotional toll is becoming increasingly visible inside temporary shelters.
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Admissions decisions progressively depend on information that cannot be independently evaluated by applicants, parents, legislators, or even many faculty members.
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As noted above, though, that genome was only distributed into the next generation of cells at random, and pieces of it were progressively lost over each generation.
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The framework has provisions for a test run of sorts, with Israeli troops withdrawing from two pilot zones where the Lebanese army will gradually assume security responsibilities.
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On Friday, the Israeli and Lebanese governments agreed a process by which the Lebanese military (LAF) would gradually take control of zones in southern Lebanon.
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And with each throw, Matt’s own place in the world was defined, little by little.
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The animator tries it, changes it, undoes it, and little by little the character comes alive.
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Baer brought her to the pool house and instructed her to remove her clothes piece by piece, Kim said.
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The family replaced cast-iron plumbing, upgraded the electrical and other systems, and restored the brick exterior piece by piece.
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