Too many cattle feed upon the grass and too many fires have burned it.

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When the researchers examined the ratio of N15 within the tissue of earthworms offered legume seeds, it decreased significantly, demonstrating that earthworms feed upon, and prefer, legume seeds and seedlings.

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Much of his concern was based on the law creating requirements that welfare recipients would not be able to fulfill and, as a result, have its own unintended consequence of causing welfare recipients to lose the aid they depend upon to feed and house their families should it become impossible to comply with the law.

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"We have had a lot through from Job Centres where very heavy sanctions have been imposed upon them and they have not been able to feed themselves, " says Roslyn McVeigh, who manages two food banks near Glasgow.

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If changes in the federal-funds rate do not feed through into market rates, the dollar or share prices, they will have little effect upon the economy.

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