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The problem is no sooner solved than Bogosian rushes in with a suicide, a kind of halfhearted coda to the proceedings, which, in the end, are little more than a series of set pieces punctuated by profanity.
The sooner the problem is identified, the sooner a resolution is possible, and that minimizes consequences.
However, Mohsen Nazemi, the air district's deputy executive officer, told council members that officials intend to see that the problem is fixed much sooner.
A growing consensus suggests that for young people with eating disorders, the sooner the problem is identified and aggressively treated, the better the chance of recovery.
The sooner the problem is dealt with, the easier it will be to solve.
The sooner the problem is treated, the better chance of a positive outcome.
One result of this new attention to the problem is that more soldiers are seeking help sooner, as in Chuck Norris's case, rather than waiting until they hit a full-blown crisis.
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