The plants insulate the building and perform other functions, such as improving water runoff.

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Or, to be more precise, the bacteria that live in the gut to help digest food and, it turns out, perform a host of other important functions.

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The federal government, on the other hand, will essentially perform all functions of exchange management except customer service and plan management.

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