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Creating a tax "riddled with loopholes, offering opportunities for evasion... is condemning oneself to failure", he told France Inter radio.

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What happened to Joaquín could happen to any of us, anytime, anywhere, in a country that has allowed its elected officials to deflect responsibility for their repeated failure to pass common sense gun legislation.

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A three-week inquest found Ms Smith, from Braintree, was not kept safe and staff failures to recognise that she was autistic had a "profound impact" on her care.

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This work aligns with Mayo Clinic's Precure initiative, which focuses on identifying diseases early -- when treatments can have the greatest impact -- and preventing progression before organ failure occurs.

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The carrier says the outage was tied to a failure at its primary data center and that the ground stop caused delays and cancellations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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