Over the past year officials have been able to "use more detailed information to produce a much more accurate figure of the possible impact of removing the habitual residence test, " he said.

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"(Our study) suggests that we will be able to use the composition of fossil plant tissue to reconstruct the carbon composition of past atmospheres as far back as 400 million years ago, " she added.

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In the past, he was able to set the country's agenda by astute use of the bully pulpit, especially through set-piece televised speeches.

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"They hope that they can use emotion to achieve an anti-firearms agenda that they haven't been able to achieve in the past, " Keene told a recent Christian Science Monitor breakfast event.

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