Word: thinner
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...sixth week Manuel, too, was nervous about his knee. He looked a little thinner, a little pale. Nerves? I asked about it. He said he had lost some weight - but he had been trying to. He added in a mumble, "maybe it's just water weight...
...While the eldest in an overpopulated brood has it relatively easy-getting 100% of the food the parents have available-things get stretched thinner when a second-born comes along. Later-borns put even more pressure on resources. Over time, everyone might be getting the same rations, but the firstborn still enjoys a caloric head start that might never be overcome...
...couldn’t adjust, and they outmanned us and used all the advantages of the facility.” The Blodgett pool, Harvard’s home pool, has dimensions of 25 by 30 feet, but the pool the Crimson found itself in yesterday was significantly thinner, holding dimensions of 25 by 20 feet. —Staff writer Mauricio A. Cruz can be reached at cruz2@fas.harvard.edu...
...benefits of breast-feeding are many and varied. Studies suggest that breast-fed kids are smarter, taller, thinner, healthier and less stressed than babies on bottles. Plus, breast-feeding helps moms bond with their babies and may even lower their blood pressure. So, is there anything breast milk can't do? Apparently, yes, according to a new study published Tuesday by BMJ Online: It doesn't offer infants much defense against asthma or allergies...
These increasing tensions are igniting fears that the regional-war fears could become reality. As Ethiopia's rulers see it, their country's army and finances are being stretched ever thinner by two Eritrean-backed insurgencies, so collapsing both by hitting their common backer may make sense. In June, Meles told the Ethiopian parliament he was strengthening the army with a view to countering the threat from Eritrea...