Jamie Gray told the court that when he bought the horses he did not know many were infected with worms and it was the severity of that infestation which led to the sudden deaths.

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That can potentially open a can of worms, because if the tax deductions are reduced for corporations and not for small businesses, then many savvy corporations could either break off into small units, or relocate where taxes are lower if changes to the statutory rate do not make up for the loss from closing the tax deductions.

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NiL is still early in development but is already quite playable, and it should keep the biggest kids occupied, even if they are not fans of either Worms or Quake.

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Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

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Studies of what happens to dead whales, dolphins and porpoises have been done in the UK, but only in shallow water where the worms have not yet been found.

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