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  • The American fear of food becomes a full-blown phobia, and pregnant women develop what might be called a nine-month eating disorder, afraid to ingest anything that isn’t doctor or expert approved.

    Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010

  • July: Adrian Mutu joins Cesena after his nine-month drugs ban.

    Said & Done 2011

  • Properly spun, "stand" can appeal to myriad constituencies: Family-values types will visualize the moment when a nine-month old Tim first let go of his mother's hand, while libertarian crowds can, with appropriate images, be encouraged to associate Pawlenty's "rise to an erect position" with the studliness of a Randian hero Ayn, not Paul.

    Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011

  • Mizuho Financial's nine-month earnings more than tripled on gains from bond trading and a decline in bad-loan reserves.

    What's News 2011

  • Properly spun, "stand" can appeal to myriad constituencies: Family-values types will visualize the moment when a nine-month old Tim first let go of his mother's hand, while libertarian crowds can, with appropriate images, be encouraged to associate Pawlenty's "rise to an erect position" with the studliness of a Randian hero Ayn, not Paul.

    Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011

  • Painter Cy Twombly was 25 years old in 1952 when he used some grant money to embark on a nine-month jaunt through Italy and North Africa with his future studio mate, Robert Rauschenberg.

    Twombly's Travels Kelly Crow 2011

  • The lender also released nine-month results Tuesday, showing unconsolidated net profit up 17% to 2.44 billion Turkish lira ($1.71 billion) on lower interest costs.

    Spain's BBVA to Buy Stake in Garanti for $5.84 Billion David Roman 2010

  • The Body Shop said that, after a nine-month inquiry, it had terminated its relationship with Daabon, which once supplied the British company with enough oil to produce eight million bars of soap a year.

    Body Shop drops supplier after report of peasant evictions in Colombia Rajeev Syal 2010

  • March sugar futures on the New York's ICE exchange rose to a nine-month high of 30.19 cents a pound Tuesday — nearing February's high of 30.40 cents/lb — before pulling back to 29.93 cents/lb.

    USDA Seeking Approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Bill Tomson 2010

  • First Survivor champ Richard Hatch has been released from a Rhode Island state prison after serving a nine-month term for failing to file his tax returns, The Associated Press reports.

    Richard Hatch Released from Prison Again 2011

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