But the NUT said candidates who needed several resits to pass the tests were dyslexic, had English as an additional language, or were less familiar with the on-line testing system.

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Many Conservatives looked forward to road-testing their new line on an EU referendum in what will inevitably be a high profile by-election.

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Changing the Treaty to eliminate its constraints on development and testing, however, sounds a lot like the sort of line-in, line-out amending process that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has correctly, and repeatedly, said could not be used with the ABM Treaty.

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The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence at the highs (line h), and is testing its long-term uptrend (line i).

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