Word: canals
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...course, there are risks associated with natural childbirth too. During difficult deliveries, in which the mother is pushing for three or more hours, a baby can suffocate or sustain brain damage in the birth canal. Moreover, up to 5% of vaginal deliveries result in severe tearing of the mother's perineum, which can lead to incontinence and an excruciating recovery...
...phone networks in Europe, Asia and Australia, though analysts are questioning Li's unprofitable investments in next-generation, or 3G, mobile-phone networks. It has major retail holdings in Europe (Superdrug) and Hong Kong, and also owns ports in the Americas, including those at each end of the Panama Canal...
Long said her injuries included bumps and bruises all along the back of her head. Pearson said, in addition to suffering from bruises, he had to have an emergency root canal Sunday...
...recounted in Tour of Duty by Kerry, Gardner had shouted: ?There?s somebody running over there?He?s got a gun?on the port side, on the port side!? PCF-44?s crew had been firing at thatched huts on their way out of the canal, and the reports of their own guns had muffled those of the shots being fired at them. Suddenly, Gardner shrieked, ?I?m hit,? and stopped firing for a moment. Before Kerry could ask his condition, Gardner shouted from his post: ?I?ll be okay,? and went back to firing...
...When told of Gardner?s criticism of Kerry?s order, all of PCF-44?s other crewmen disagreed with the tough talking South Carolinian?s assessment. ?Kerry made the right command decision,? Wasser, second in command of PCF-44, maintains. ?We went into a 30 or 40 yard wide canal, suppressed enemy fire and got out of there before we were killed. You just don?t hang around to get shot at. Gardner doesn?t know what he is talking about...