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...years ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics surprised doctors everywhere by urging that all healthy infants be placed on their sides or backs when they sleep. The physicians' group was responding to reports from Europe that showed that babies who sleep on their backs are much less likely to succumb to sudden-infant-death syndrome, also known as crib death, than those who sleep on their stomachs...
Harvard President James Bryant Conant '14 testified against the bill before the joint House-Senate Committee on Education in February. Conant said the bill was a sign that "the American people had begun to succumb to a panic...
...whose failures of understanding are a big part of the problem. In The Horse Whisperer, that's the damaged girl's mother (Kristin Scott Thomas). She has her virtues, most notably a determination not to let either Grace, who has lost a leg in the accident, or her mount succumb to despair. But she's a driven, unforgiving sort of woman--chic, brittle, chilly, not at all ideal-mom material. To put the point bluntly, we know what she needs, which is a good horse whisping...
...left?s responsible management of the country,? says Crumley. This week the parties of President Chirac?s center-right alliance face the temptation of holding on to regional premierships by making alliances with the National Front -- the real danger to the center lies in the prospect that they may succumb...
...that while his mind and body succumb to old age, Reagan's legendary teflon continues to keep the bad news just sliding right...