His work has stirred the imagination of experts and lay persons alike.

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In 1991, the UK government amended the Veterinary Surgeons Act, thereby prohibiting the docking of dog's tails by lay persons from 1 July 1993.

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"We promise and swear to observe with the greatest fidelity and with all persons, clerical or lay, secrecy regarding everything that in any way relates to the election of the Roman pontiff, " the cardinals said under the looming fresco of Michelangelo's Last Judgment.

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