Prof Thompson said the plastics had been found "in relatively low quantities - one or two pieces per fish - so this is certainly not a risk from the point of view of the human population, people eating those fish, because of course we don't eat the guts normally".

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But some could not afford this, so he was getting together references from satisfied head teachers with a view to putting in a bid for central funding.

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Why was the Washington view so different from what we who had lived in and experienced this region for a decade saw and understood to be true?

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And so there is this view the government needs to do something to keep the banks from collapsing.

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And from the government's point of view is that we are actually trying to group this together so that we give a more effective way of teaching.

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