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In my childhood neighborhood there were seven Bobs within six houses of each other.

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Doctors warn that even delaying the vaccine by a few months would lead to more childhood cases and, ultimately, deaths.

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The panel was acting based on “predetermined ideology,” not science, said Crawford, a past president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners who specializes in treating childhood seizures.

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Both are emblems of his childhood, he says, describing a time of “total love and sun and just uninhibited joy.”

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The Nazi occupation was only one of many reasons his childhood was not a happy one, although his mother and certain teachers recognized his musical abilities early and tried to help as they could.

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