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Some interesting research is now being done on liquid injection-molded (LIM) tires.
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LIM tires are built in three stages.
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Because these tires have no carcass, the part of the tire that leaves the road reverts to its normal shape almost immediately.

The Venezuelan capital has many large shopping centers called “centros comerciales.”
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A lifetime could be spent sampling the many cuisines of Caracas restaurants.
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The Spanish flavor of the city is reflected in the popular flamenco clubs.

Researchers believe that MAO (monoamine oxidase) in the brain has an effect on behavior by breaking down the chemical neurotransmitters that carry messages between neurons.
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Scientists have found a connection between levels of MAO and adult behavior.
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One study found that there was a similar relationship between behavior and MAO levels in infants.

“No one knows the ways of the wind and the caribou,” says an old Chippewa proverb.
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The migratory habits and the numbers of the caribou were unknown to man until this century.
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Much of the mystery of caribou movement and numbers began to disappear when biologists were able to survey and count the animals from the air.

A mounting body of evidence suggests that fighting violence with violence rarely deters a crime in progress and greatly increases the chances of changing a robbery into a violent attack on the victim.
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One report shows that at least 100,000 handguns are stolen from private owners each year, the vast majority during burglaries.
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Moreover, a study of robberies in eight American cities says that in less than four percent of the crimes did the victim have the opportunity to use a weapon.

Proponents of father-attended childbirth assert that the father’s experience encourages him to develop a closer bond with his child.
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As a father of three teenagers from a previous marriage, one man compared his past experience as a new father to being in the delivery room during the birth of his newborn daughter.
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Women report that they are much less anxious and more aware of what is going on when their husbands are with them when they give birth.

In contrast to classical music, which is restricted by form and by tradition, jazz is spontaneous and free-form.
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Jazz is a native American music which was developed by American blacks in the South.
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The influences of West African music, spirituals, and the blues are evident in jazz.

To lose weight permanently, a dieter needs a nutritionally balanced eating plan that reduces caloric intake by cutting down on certain foods without eliminating them completely.
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To lose weight that is fat instead of water, a dieter must lose weight gradually.
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Dieters should also have occasional treats to avoid the feeling of permanent deprivation, which can lead to food binges when the resolve to diet weakens.

The notion that exercising parental power is bad developed out of early psychoanalytic theory, which suggested many neuroses are caused by the repression of a child’s natural impulses.
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Today, child psychologists insist that children actually like to be disciplined and that set rules which are consistently enforced make a child feel protected and loved.
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The necessity for a balance between love and discipline in raising good kids is not just a hunch.

Even at the molecular level, change is not spontaneous.
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Resistance to change obviously occurs in the biological realm.
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Nature has special rewards for living systems which seek improvement.