Earlier, the Welsh Assembly stressed it was only new teachers and those returning from a career break who needed checking - those previously cleared by another education authority can go straight into the classroom.

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Social movements by nature are messy and do not go in straight lines.

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Straight answers are hard to come by in this go-round.

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Second, by accepting that bail-out funds can go straight to banks, Mrs Merkel has made a big shift from her insistence that help could go only to governments, with tough conditions attached.

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After Roy Hibbert opened the overtime with a free throw, the Nets went on a 9-2 run to make it 85-79 with 45.2 seconds to go, and Johnson closed out the win by making four straight free throws.

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Many shopping sites use this technique legitimately so repeat visitors can go straight to the department they are interested in rather than go through the home page or by clicking links in a menu.

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If their display on the straights at Qatar is anything to go by they should have a significant advantage at Shanghai as it's the longest straight we've got in the whole series.

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They are straight and wide and seem to go on for ever, perfect for cruising over long distances, powered by big lazy engines.

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Two-thirds of the revenue raised by the proposed bill from the sale of carbon permits is to go to reducing electricity customers' bills straight away.

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