Word: overlapping
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...hospital has informed both physicians that, although they did not violate any explicit hospital policy in doing this work, they exercised poor judgment in allowing their various activities as researchers, editors, authors and experts to overlap in such a way as to create the appearance of a possible conflict of interest," Thibault said...
...Carey was obviously a really nice place to lift," he said. "[Gordon is] just not quite as good facilities. We might have more of an overlap with people needing to use the same machines...
Every effort will be made to make decisions concerning administrative support of HAND early, so that there can be maximum overlap between Ms. Epstein and the present Central Coordinators on the one hand, and those who will be providing the direct support to the programs in the fall of 1996. --Harry R. Lewis'68 Dean of Harvard College
Harvard's academic schedule poses a common problem for students who plan to study abroad for only their spring semester. Because final examinations fall in January, many programs overlap with reading period and exams...
When one U.N. body has failed to fulfill a crucial mission, the tendency has been to form another outfit. Thus there are four U.N. agencies concerned with food production and seven with industrial development in the Third World. Emergency situations sharply highlight the resulting problems of duplication and overlap. Consider a not-very-hypothetical situation: a sudden flood of refugees. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) might build camps to house them. But WHO would want something to say about their health problems. One or more of the food agencies might consider feeding them...