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The arrest of Cash, who helped run these meetings, shocked parliamentarians who saw it as evidence of how far the Chinese Communist Party had managed to penetrate British politics.

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Crown’s top three or four retail customers have historically been impossible for Mama’s to penetrate.

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Laboratory tests showed the peptide is stable, penetrates brain-like cells, and restores movement while reducing protein deposits in a worm model of Parkinson's.

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But it also provided a platform to penetrate deep into every corner of the UK with guaranteed air time.

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The rounds are designed to spread the force of impact over a larger area, without penetrating the skin.

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