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If population control is needed, using regular hunting with additional tags for trouble regions is a time-proven means of accomplishing the task while raising revenue for the State at the same time - as opposed to a scheme that costs the State money and is, all truth be told, a much less humane way of harvesting animals.
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If population control is needed, using regular hunting with additional tags for trouble regions is a time-proven means of accomplishing the task while raising revenue for the State at the same time - as opposed to a scheme that costs the State money and is, all truth be told, a much less humane way of harvesting animals.
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He says that we are now seeing regulatory overkill "after years of letting the rules be compromised by mortgage lenders who would not follow the traditional rules that are time-proven to work."
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Being in a wheelchair hasn't changed his view of the old, time-proven architectural verities.
Philip Kennicott on Michael Graves's 'Revealing Culture' exhibit 2010
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So even by the time Holmes was worrying about the fishes, the treatment of disease remained a matter of using time-proven, if poorly understood, remedies to restore the proper ratio of the humors.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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The Volcker rule simply reinstates time-proven common sense to the system.
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But will these time-proven strategies be sufficient for a future where factors in addition to climate change become increasingly important in this human – environment system?
Candidate vulnerability case studies for climate change in the Arctic 2010
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Chamomile tea (two to three cups): Chamomile is a time-proven, effective, calming herb that can be safely used by children and adults alike.
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“We continue to push USDA to improve upon our existing, time-proven identification systems rather than to impose a costly, unproven mandatory National Animal Identification System,” said Thornsberry.
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Inner Activism is based on the time-proven maxim that As I am within, so I will act without.
William Horden: Inner Activism: Three Tricks To Avoiding Burnout 2009
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