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The Assembly measure would eliminate the caps and also revise the rules governing the fund, so settlements of brain-damage suits would be paid directly by providers instead of by the fund.
Cuomo Budget Plan Under Siege by Democrats Jacob Gershman 2011
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My brain-damage/side-effects one-two punch means that I cannot hold multiple things in short-term memory, and I lose 'em on the way to long-term.
Breathing. persis 2009
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TheFlyingFish: Sleeping issues, stress, maybe even brain-damage.
Ban Portable Electronics Before Bed For More Restful Sleep | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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From earlier correspondence I gather that Phil is an elderly man and may have suffered brain-damage from boxing.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Believe it or not, there are some jurors who will take into account the fact that a defendant was severely abused as a child, or suffers from brain-damage, say.
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Biogen Idec Inc. 's fourth-quarter profit rose 2.7% to $206.7 million as sales of the multiple-sclerosis drug Tysabri ran into headwinds over brain-damage fears and investor Carl Icahn resumed a proxy fight for control of the biotechnology company.
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Other than that, the reply is mainly interesting as a case study in (1) how to restate your contorversial conclusion as if it were an acceptable premise for your argument, rather than precisely what your critics have asked you to prove; and (2) how much brain-damage you can suffer from inhaling too much ONDCP-funded propaganda.
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Due to an accident while drunk, she suffered brain-damage.
Yes, the Vatican Is Still Scarred By The Sex-Abuse Scandals 2008
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However, we have rebounded nicely from the toxic inhalations with far less brain-damage than anyone expected, and we hope Jonathan Rhys Meyers will have the same good fortune.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Gets Pissed-Up At Airport, Arrested 2007
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Moreover, the high cost and banality of (not to mention brain-damage incurred by) those activities left the nation susceptible to the platitudinous, confidence man assurances of power and prosperity, without sacrifice, promised by Ronald Reagan.
Levees Made of Lies: Rage, Grief, and the Chimera of the American Dream 2005
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