Trucks may also be more heavily taxed to reflect the damage they do to roads.

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Brain scans can reveal inflammation and scarring, but it is not clear how early these changes might occur in the disease and whether they accurately reflect ongoing damage.

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Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin has said anyone who chose to shop north of the border should reflect on the damage they were doing to the economy.

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The school's public statements "didn't seem to either reflect an understanding of the damage that had been done to so many lives or the role that the school played in allowing this to happen for such a long period of time, " Mr. Stern said in an interview.

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The retinal nerve fiber layer is the one part of the brain where nerve cells are not covered with the fat and protein sheathing called myelin, making this assessment specific for nerve damage as opposed to brain MRI changes, which reflect an array of different types of tissue processes in the brain.

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Analysts expect many of the 30, 000 new construction jobs - the sector's best performance in 15 months - to reflect rebuilding in the north-east of the US following the damage inflicted by Storm Sandy in October.

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On Wednesday, a government spokeswoman tried to contain the damage done, saying the chancellor believed the current level of the euro did not reflect the economic potential of the eurozone.

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Mr Fisher argues that, as a measure of damage, slaves' lost wages are only a bare minimum, since they do not reflect the higher price a person would require freely to choose a life of bondage.

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