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  • Among these humble cottages there stood, on what is known as the Scarr, one even more unpretentious than the rest: it boasted only one story and two or three rooms in all; it was what Abe used to call a "one-decker."

    Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell

  • Developmental psychologist Sandra Scarr followed adopted children as they grew up and found that children create their own environments—she called it “niche picking.”

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • Developmental psychologist Sandra Scarr followed adopted children as they grew up and found that children create their own environments—she called it “niche picking.”

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • On a different note, Egyptian journalist and blogger, Scarr, published a touching post tackling the other side of the story.

    Egypt To Deport Another Journalist 2009

  • Scarr, the iversity of Virginia psychologist, has found that adoptees placed with educated city dwellers score no better on IQ tests than kids placed with farm couples with eighth-grade educations.

    Testing The Science Of Intelligence 2008

  • Forecaster Scarr, of New York, said that the tornado that wrought destruction in Nebraska may have been of the resistless kind that simply ground stone and brick to dust and carried up its electrified funnel the remnants of every building it struck.

    The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado Logan Marshall

  • Messrs. Scarr and Jopp soon explained the mistake fallen into by

    The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876

  • Finding he could not reach the country he desired to, from the Queensland border, Scarr made north, and by means of Buchanan's Creek arrived at

    The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876

  • "Sometimes there's more water than land" where children grow up, said Justin Scarr, drowning prevention commissioner of the Belgium-based International Life Saving Federation, who says fear of water is linked to culture in many areas where his organization is now teaching swimming skills.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • "Sometimes there's more water than land" where children grow up, said Justin Scarr, drowning prevention commissioner of the Belgium-based International Life Saving Federation, who says fear of water is linked to culture in many areas where his organization is now teaching swimming skills.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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