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Citing the Soviet army's withdrawal from Afghanistan as proof that a ragged army of dedicated Muslims could overcome a superpower, he told the interviewer: "We are certain that we shall-with the grace of Allah-prevail over the Americans."
Julie Burchill wrote recently in the Guardian , "The idea that one party has to overcome the 'natural' resistance of the other party to sexual intercourse by a combination of gifts and being economical with the truth takes us perilously near to date-rape territory."
QIOs found several strategies to overcome noninvolvement of the physician or medical director that could be implemented by the QIO or the nursing home, as described in Table 2.
Although MeCP2 expression is higher in other tissues such as brain, spleen and lung [ 16 ] , the value gained by the matched pair comparisons of clonal skin fibroblast strains cultured under identical environmental conditions, should overcome the drawbacks of evaluating a tissue with a lower level of expression.
To overcome this barrier, the QIOs in the pilot states used both teleconferences and interactive sessions to facilitate groups of nursing home providers in sharing their experiences in quality improvement and in implementing changes in processes of care.