She said things had changed dramatically, however, in the way that the church was no longer the "focus for the community".

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Attendance in Lynda Nero's class has improved dramatically this year, she said, after the mascot program helped parents realize her prekindergarten classroom isn't simply the day-care program they may have envisioned.

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She said that in the past 60 years the landscape had changed dramatically and this was contributing to the removal of flowers needed by bee species.

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One young woman on the waiting list, Andrea Beckett, said it was unfair that she and other sufferers were being denied drugs which could dramatically change their lives.

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She said the surgery offered a long-term solution to help children like Imogen and had dramatically improved her daughter's life.

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She said her intolerance to gluten - found in bread, cakes, biscuits and pastries - had dramatically affected her diet.

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