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The incentives would apply in single-family zones only if a property is owned by a public agency or a faith-based organization, which accounts for just a sliver of the city’s single-family lots.

In October, more than 100 McDonald’s customers were sickened by an E. coli outbreak in the U.S. linked to slivered onions.

The E. coli cases linked to carrots comes after another high-profile outbreak in the US, related to slivered onions on some McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers.

The biomedical agencies in Kennedy’s sights are just a small sliver of the huge HHS budget, more than 90% of which goes to mandatory programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act programs.

Facing his old team could provide a sliver of extra motivation for a player who already seems like a man on a mission.