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  • Nevertheless, there had been very little progress in the world of adult education until the middle of the twentieth century.

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  • However, when my raiding colleague, annoyed at what he saw as self-righteousness in a later argument, blurted out that I had taken this option, I was a little pained to note that my favorite adult character was clearly disgusted.

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  • Ask them, with an adult, to sit in a little chair next to you, or stand talking to you.

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  • "It's important for one reason to make them more confident and also to enhance their vocabulary and their language, because as an adult you can read books that are a little more difficult or challenging and they become familiar with the text and that sort of literature, " he said.

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  • As little as 500 micrograms, the size of the head of a pin, can kill an adult if inhaled or ingested.

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  • As little as 500 micrograms -- an amount the size of the head of a pin -- can kill an adult.

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  • Make regular stops -- every two hours for a puppy, every three to four hours for a cat or an adult dog -- so your pet can take a walk on a leash (some cats enjoy a little leash walk).

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