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There seemed a consensus, to which even W.'s advisers couldn't really refute with a straight face: Bush looked truly wobbly.
Several investigators have reported positive effects of maternal consumption of marine sport fish on gestation or the rate of fetal growth [ 1 3 19 ] , or conversely an increased risk of preterm delivery or low birth weight associated with a maternal diet low in marine fish [ 43 ] . We did not observe (nor were we able to refute) these relations, though we did observe a negative albeit small association between maternal sport fish consumption and birth size among post-term infants, which disappeared after controlling for other determinants of fetal growth as measured by birth size.
Woody Allen and Elisabeth Shue as a romantic couple in Deconstructing Harry mark yet another of Allen's attempts to refute the observable laws of the universe, a bit of wishful thinking on par with cold fusion.
To refute this charge, all he has to do is restrain his temper in a few highly visible situations.
Critics are pleased with its agnosticism: The producers neither support nor refute claims of Jesus' divinity.