Say that same parent is living with, but not married to, another single parent with two children who earns the same amount.

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Another parent said she was "disappointed but looking to the positives" and thought it could be a "good opportunity to take the best from both schools", which date from the late 19th century.

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It left the baby -- who was inside the Kansas City home, but in another room, when her mother was shot -- without a surviving parent, and she is now with relatives, Snapp said.

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In the case of abortion, where the young woman is competent to consent but cannot be persuaded to involve a parent, every effort should be made to help them find another adult to provide support, for example another family member of specialist youth worker.

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And not all of them came out profitable because of a methodology that inflates operating margin. (The median margin was negative 0.27%.) A given local hospital may have good operations, but not feel profitable because almost every cent of its profit is sent to their parent system for one thing or another.

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