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...exposed to anesthesia drugs in the first seven days of life - when nerve cells are forming and connecting to the larger neural network - develop problems performing maze exercises, which require memory and reasoning skills. In the 1960s, based on similar concerns over possible injury to a baby's immature nervous system, doctors advocated only light anesthesia or none at all for infants undergoing surgery. Some experts believed babies did not have sufficiently developed neural connections to even feel any pain. "There was a whole series of papers showing that [giving anesthesia] was a bad thing to do," says Dr. Robert...
Investors keen to protect their precious cash have sought security in all the usual places in recent months. The U.S. dollar, the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen - each with a history as a safe haven - have all provided homes for nervous depositors' cash. But as the economies of those three countries flounder, it's time to look around, and smart investors think they've discovered a new harbor to protect them from the choppy economic seas. "The best safe haven currency," analysts at banking giant HSBC wrote in a research note this month, is Norway's. According to HSBC...
...people that we normally don’t compete against in the Ivy League.”But both Mills and Clarke had some idea of the competition they prepared to face after having raced at NCAAs the previous year.“We weren’t that nervous [this year],” Mills said. “We both swam our best events—the ones that we like to swim. Everyone went so fast to get [to NCAAs] that we are all among equals, if that makes any sense. In most races everything was close...
Sometimes the tea was bitter. Other times it was cloyingly sweet with condensed milk. But the whispered questions at teahouses across Burma were always delivered the same way. Head flick to the right, head flick to the left. A nervous glance backward. No one listening, not even the waiter shuffling up to slosh hot water into our glass tumblers? Good. What did I, as an American who had the good fortune to vote in one of the most exciting presidential races in recent memory, think of Burma's upcoming national elections...
...which was a great time, not only for cinema but also for the BBC and its programs,” Schyfter says. After directing a string of documentaries, Schyfter transitioned cautiously to feature-length films in the 90s. “I was very scared, very nervous, but then I realized that I loved working with actors,” Schyfter recalled.Schyfter’s films often focus on female protagonists and deal principally with questions of national identity. She enjoys exploring the feminine perspective. “I like women’s film...