By law, the across-the-board cuts are supposed to be taken in equal measure from front-line programs like air traffic control, meat inspection and the Border Patrol and lower-priority items such as agriculture research and subsidies for airline travel to rural airports.

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Mr Ritter was not always popular with the Iraqi authorities - as head of the inspection team until 1998, he was renowned for his tough line and intrusive searches.

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The 10-day Ofsted inspection carried out in October looked at how well front-line council services helped and protected children and young people to be safe from harm and well cared for.

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The 10-day Ofsted inspection carried out in October looked at how well front-line council services help and protect children and young people, keeping them safe from harm and well cared for.

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Cook, who is applying for a job as a consultant to Washington's marijuana regulators, noted that at any time officials could check the digital records, pull the surveillance video or drop in for an inspection and the fear of getting busted keeps people in line.

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If this sounds familiar, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the line ElBaradei and his colleague, Hans Blix, the then-head of the UN weapons inspection program in Iraq, employed to excuse Iraqi non-compliance in the run-up to war last Spring.

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