The claim is anecdotal, but has a certain horse sense that appeals to reason stress is hard on the body, causing hormonal reactions that can potentially influence the development of cancerous cells.

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Prof Mike Redmayne, a criminal law expert at the London School of Economics (LSE), told BBC News that "trying a dead person would make as much sense as trying a horse".

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Even at this age, he still has a tremendous sense of what's happening in a horse race.

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In that sense, Cornett has put the cart before the horse.

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But broadcasters still carry political weight, and many members of Congress fear them, so I found myself on the witness list this morning addressing why this idea makes as much sense as requiring every car be led by a horse.

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The answers may determine which estate-planning techniques make the most sense for a family to use, says Patrick Ungashick, president of White Horse Advisors, an Atlanta financial-advisory firm that specializes in small businesses.

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When engine powered vehicles first started out it made some sort of sense to compare their output to something that people generally knew: the output of a horse.

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