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Down syndrome: knowledge is power.(Life)
The Mercury (South Africa)
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March 13, 2007
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WHEN she was just 7 months old Jennifer Higgins underwent open-heart surgery and, for the first four years of her life, was highly susceptible to upper respiratory infections.
But it was adversities such as these which made her the fighter she has grown up to be. Today, Jennifer is a champion swimmer . . . largely because being diagnosed with Down syndrome came second to who she was.
The 23-year-old Durban-based lass was named the SA disabled Sportswoman of 2006; she trains everyday with coach Nick Gray at the Kloof Swimming Club.
Her mother, ...
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Showtime Gives Big Push to 'Folk'; Drama Gets Unprecedented Promotion.(TV Currents)
Magazine article from: TelevisionWeek
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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No drama for ordinary folks but some implications.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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Old folks in care home blaze drama; BLAZE: Families and neighbours help with the evacuation.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ...which forced the evacuation of dozens of desperately ill old folk from a nursing home near Coventry could land the owners with...investigation into how the fire started will now begin. CAPTION(S): DRAMA... Reader Richard Dobson sent us this picture of firefighters...
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Beyond Belief; Puritans lambasted screenwriter Russell T Davies for risque gay drama Queer As Folk. Will they crucify him for resurrecting Jesus as a Mancunian bloke in The Second Coming? 'It's deadly serious,' he tells Stephen Phelan
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
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Just an everyday drama of utility folk
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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We're not so glad to see gay; Queer As Folk sparked outrage with scenes of under-age sex and drug-taking. We asked one family for its verdict on the drama that's gone too far.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...and decidedly turned off by the drama Queer As Folk. And last night television watchdogs...looking to establish whether Queer As Folk had breached the code drawn up by...homosexuality, but found Queer As Folk disturbing to watch. She said...
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