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During McVay’s first eight seasons, the Rams’ offense operated almost exclusively out of 11 personnel, which featured a running back, a tight end and three receivers.

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Tribes wield significant influence and often operate under their own moral and judicial codes, and they possess huge caches of arms.

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The enzyme also moved into peroxisomes, the cellular compartments where uricase naturally operates, suggesting the therapy might behave safely and appropriately in living organisms.

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The 27th constitutional amendment, which was signed into law on Thursday, will also make significant changes to the way the country's top courts operate.

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But if robots can now fold laundry, serve food, sweep the floor, operate computers, talk, walk and dance, it’s plausible that soon they will help our elders out of bed and give them sponge baths.

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

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