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“Negative impacts might be more severe in the absence of efforts to adapt,” the report is reduced to nonsensically arguing, as if adaptation is not the definition of being alive for humans and other creatures.

It is an issue that has just been made much more severe with the closing of the federal government and, more specifically, the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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This progressive loss of brain cells leads to severe symptoms including memory decline, cognitive impairment, and difficulty with movement.

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She appealed against the proposed eight-week Lords ban, claiming it was "unduly severe" compared with shorter suspensions for bullying or misuse of facilities.

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An even bigger shift, they said, is that the broadened criteria, growing awareness and reduced stigma made room for less severe cases that likely wouldn’t have gotten a diagnosis before.

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

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