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...rate of preterm births, which measures the proportion of babies born before 37 weeks' gestation, is a reflection of a number of factors, both biological and cultural. Starting in 2008, the March of Dimes began tracking three of the major contributors to the high preterm birth rate - lack of insurance among women of childbearing age, rates of cigarette smoking and the rate of babies born preterm, but at the tail end of pregnancy, between 34 and 36 weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...those games where we were taking a lot of penalties,” Leblanc added. “There was maybe a lack of discipline, [and] we were trying to do too much out there...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Surging Quinnipiac Too Much for Harvard | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...It’s been really discouraging being a pre-vet here,” she said. “I actually considered transferring last year because of the lack of available support...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pre-vets Chart Unique Career Path | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...been around aviation all my life, I was struck by that. After a close call, the normal reaction is to say, "God, what a machine!" It didn't happen in this case. I know the people at Airbus were very aware of this and were peeved by it. [The lack of credit] did not happen in a void; it happened in a historical context of the advent of fly by wire and ... the larger decline of the airline profession. That's why the airplane was controversial - it represented a threat to the myth that flying requires some kind of heroic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...years, and on Oct. 1 the government marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic with a massive military parade. U.S. officials often question why China feels its military requires such a sustained modernization program, and a Pentagon report in March said that a lack of transparency from the Chinese side "poses risks to stability by creating uncertainty and increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation." China rejected the U.S. report as "groundless" criticism and an effort to stir up notions of China as a threat. (See pictures of China's Oct. 1 parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. and China Still Disagree On | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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