They said the effect was very similar to antibiotics, which attack and dissolve the bacterium's cell wall.

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Those powers include the ability to nullify collective bargained agreements, imposition of new agreements for those bargaining units which will have effect for as much as five years after the EFM leaves office and the ability for the manager to dissolve local governing bodies of schools and cities.

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