So if your business is anything like the vast majority of small businesses out there, this requirement simply won't apply to you -- because I don't think it's fair to impose a penalty on small businesses that are already operating at very narrow margins.

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But as those rigid exchange rates require high interest rates, they impose a heavy penalty on growth.

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They even want to impose a tax penalty on the parents of students who register to vote at their North Carolina college addresses, and pass the most restrictive felony disenfranchisement law in the country.

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The report says that Libya should impose a moratorium on the death penalty and guarantee the protection of migrants, many of whom attempt to make their way across the Mediterranean to Europe.

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The tit-for-tat claim asserts that the Agent said she could impose no penalty or a 40% penalty depending on whether the taxpayer gave her what she wanted.

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Rose has still not been allowed into the Hall of Fame, a penalty that the league could also impose on someone like, say, Barry Bonds if it decided to.

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The bill introduced on Thursday would impose dishonourable discharge as a minimum penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault or attempted assault.

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If the Football League opts to impose a points penalty after the report is published, the application of any punishment is dependent on Saints' final position.

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