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...that the growing number of women delaying childbirth, those having twins or triplets as a result of in vitro fertilization and America's exploding obesity epidemic--all of which increase the risks of vaginal delivery. Doctors are also becoming better at picking up the slightest signs of distress in the baby or mother and are quicker to recommend caesareans in such cases...
...better served by careful parsing of the distinctions, by working through the possibility of unintended consequences before acting, and by drawing connections only where the evidence merits them. Most of all, we would do well to remember that acting for the environment is not like rescuing a damsel in distress; it involves dealing with multitude of physical and natural elements, all of them as implacable and indifferent as one another...
...work.The three are certainly more suited to the acting portions of their jobs, where they convincingly represent truly complex, difficult, and enigmatic characters. Pecci shines in his portrayal of a man who discovers how little he knows about his wife. He seamlessly switches from confusion and distress to active aggression and hostility, making Pecci’s portrayal of Deeley excitingly complex. Despite her commanding presence, Pastel’s acting is the weakest of the three; as she recites Pinter’s witty dialogue, she sounds too rehearsed and overly polished, which takes away from the natural quality...
...also taking other steps. It recently expanded on a program introduced late last year to inject billions of dollars of liquidity into the banking system. The reason is the continued rise of key interest rates - including all-important mortgage rates - due to financial market distress. We are therefore poised not only to see further policy-rate cuts, but also continued nontraditional central-bank actions to get credit markets working again, including possible outright purchases of U.S. mortgage-backed securities...
...Jungle Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Raised by apes, the original great white hope lives in an Africa filled with savages, man-eating lions and damsels in distress...