�defending the crown� is another way to put it. the king may make mistakes, he may commit heinous offenses, but he is the king, and therefore his position must remain secure.
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the school in yarmouth that year had a low opt-out rate � 2 percent, the superintendent said � so there was a cap on the amount of disruption an illness could cause.
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but what if it had happened in one of the maine schools where the rate is 10 percent or more?
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not coincidentally, maine has a high rate of whooping cough cases � 21.1 per 100,000 people in 2015, compared to 10.3 per 100,000 nationwide.
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