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...exact mechanisms by which antenatal depression may affect a child's future behavior are hazy, but researchers think they could have to do with the environment inside the womb and its long-lasting impact on the growing fetus - a process known as "fetal programming." Maternal influences such as alcohol or drug use, poor nutrition and stress are known to affect the level of hormones in the mother's body. It is thought that biochemical changes in the uterus have an impact on the baby's development, affecting its birth weight and even its future risk of disease, among other things...
...time he thought I could go. And I’m like, “Yeah, whatever, that’s a world record, you know. I’m 15.” And I go and swim my race, touch the wall, and it was the exact same time he predicted. And so you kind of remember those things. It was your first world record, you had a crush on a boy then, and you’re in a foreign country. You’re still in like ninth grade or middle school or something...
...they are—whether it's here in the United States or…more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda.” Going to the breakfast was the best way for the president to disseminate this view to the exact people who needed to hear it the most. If Obama had boycotted the breakfast, The Family’s shady and inappropriate tenets would perhaps never have been chastised so publicly by the leader of our nation...
According to Learning From Performers Program Manager Thomas Lee, the selection of visiting artists is not “an exact science,” and depends largely upon the availability of a particular artist...
...trail, while the inclusion of any of the musical’s developments or numbers starting with the song "Change It, Don't Change It/Awkward Photo Shoot" only serves to supplement the uncomfortable, forced mood in the most unfortunate of ways. "A Way Back to Then" is the exact sort of mushy, heartfelt song that Jeff stops Hunter from singing in the beginning; "Nine People's Favorite Thing" is a cute and mediocre attempt at a number based on a number...