Your firm, in effect, has 50 full-time equivalents and would be subject to the penalty if you don't provide health-care coverage.

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This has created a domino effect in ramping-up all-round interest in the subject and has social and political circles abuzz with talks on the subject.

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Gordon Brown's plans to provide 400, 000 vulnerable elderly people free help with the likes of washing, eating and bathing in their homes - rather than moving them to residential care - had been due to come into effect on 1 October, subject to the bill being passed.

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He digs like a dog to learn his subject, particularly if the subject is narrow and peculiar, such as opto-electronic switches, P-N junctions or a hailstorm's effect on spread spectrum wireless video transmission.

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