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A: Yes, you can suggest this is done by an HTTP conformant browser, but it's generally a bad idea to do so. If your users have to load a fresh copy of the stylesheet from the origin server for every page, you're severely diminishing one of the primary powers of external stylesheets; improved site performance. It would also put a considerable hit on your Web server's performance and host bandwidth.
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