Although email has gone from after-school treat to a dull routine in the space of 20 years, no one is ready to ring its death knell just yet.

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Henry Chanin, the headmaster of a private school in Nevada, went in for a routine colonoscopy in 2006 and emerged with a dose of Hep C, a usually incurable disease that can progress to cirrhosis, liver cancer and death.

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When I heard the news of what happened in Newtown, I thought of the routine of sending a child off to school.

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Norton also has a routine for the beginning of Grace's school year: Talking to the teacher about foods and determining where the epinephrine auto-injector should be kept.

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And those without the bar exam or law school under their belt could still, with training and experience, dispense routine guidance and offer legal services, such as drafting wills and arranging simple divorces, to poorer clients.

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The Hitchin primary school teacher, who has never been missing before, left home to calm down after a routine family disagreement, police said.

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' And then they added that that's routine practice to prevent bombings on the streets of Boston, so that our kids can go to school in peace.

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