This past September Ecuadorians went to the polls and voted for a constituent assembly whose function it will be to write a new constitution.

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Smart people will learn to read and write, after which success is a function of working hard and smart.

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Sarah Mullally, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said that currently a specialist asthma nurse treating a child can check their lung function and advise on ways to reduce attacks - but cannot write a prescription for an inhaler.

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"There may, however, be only one set of skeletal proportions that allows the hand to function both as a mechanism for precise manipulation and as a club for striking, " the researchers write.

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