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  • A series of studies in rabbits and mice has shown that reducing maternal cholesterol in pregnancy using a drug called cholestyramine or with high doses of vitamin E, an antioxidant, can lower the offspring's chance of developing high cholesterol, a condition that gets passed from the mother to the fetus and is a risk factor for a host of other diseases, including atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries.

    Programming a Fetus for a Healthier Life Shirley S. Wang 2011

  • The government has acknowledged the absurdity of placing such limits on education and health by excluding direct tuition and medical expenses from the definition of gifts. amusingly, the other exclusion relates to political contributions, which evidently are more important than securing our offspring's future education.

    Liz Mandarano: College Savings Plans Should Not Be Defined as Gifts Liz Mandarano 2011

  • Dad was ringside and proud of his offspring's performance.

    Tyson Fury stops Neven Pajkic to retain Commonwealth heavyweight title 2011

  • KNEES! he screamed at Michael, following the discovery of his eldest offspring's plans to demolish the House of Moon.

    World Of Lather 2011

  • The government has acknowledged the absurdity of placing such limits on education and health by excluding direct tuition and medical expenses from the definition of gifts. amusingly, the other exclusion relates to political contributions, which evidently are more important than securing our offspring's future education.

    Liz Mandarano: College Savings Plans Should Not Be Defined as Gifts Liz Mandarano 2011

  • But what if you want to serve as an investor in your offspring's venture—with the opportunity to profit if his or her business becomes the next Facebook Inc., Google Inc. or Yahoo Inc. all of which were started by college students?

    For You, Graduate, Some Start-Up Capital Rosalind Resnick 2011

  • Later on in the match, fate caught up with him as said keeper conceded an own goal, ensuring his name on both sides of the scoresheet and the resumption of my offspring's pocket money.

    Did Jim Fix It for a fan to play for Liverpool? 2011

  • But what if you want to serve as an investor in your offspring's venture—with the opportunity to profit if his or her business becomes the next Facebook Inc., Google Inc. or Yahoo Inc. all of which were started by college students?

    For You, Graduate, Some Start-Up Capital Rosalind Resnick 2011

  • A series of studies in rabbits and mice has shown that reducing maternal cholesterol in pregnancy using a drug called cholestyramine or with high doses of vitamin E, an antioxidant, can lower the offspring's chance of developing high cholesterol, a condition that gets passed from the mother to the fetus and is a risk factor for a host of other diseases, including atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries.

    Programming a Fetus for a Healthier Life Shirley S. Wang 2011

  • I'm not proud of this fact, but like all filmmakers I am a nervous parent: we anxiously scan for any sign of our offspring's success or failure out in the world at large.

    Jeff Reichert: You Can't Please Everyone 2010

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