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taboo

(Encyclopedia) taboo or tabutabooboth: tăb&oomacr;ˈ, tə– [key], prohibition of an act or the use of an object or word under pain of punishment. Originally a Polynesian word, taboo can apply to…

Movies and Film: Development: Birth of a Notion

Development: Birth of a NotionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Development includes all stages…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Birth of Pleasure

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'Follow to the Deep ...Fragment: Love the Universe To-DayThe Birth of Pleasure Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. At the creation of…

Teen Birth Rates, 1980–2012

According to the Center for Disease Control's National Center for Health Statistics, the birth rate for teenagers aged 15–19 dropped 6% from 2011 to 2012, to 29.4 per 1,000—the lowest rate ever…

Birth Statistics for Unmarried and Married Women

The following table shows the number of births, the birth rate, and the percent of births to unmarried women aged 15 to 44 years between 1980 and 2012 in the United States. Year Number Rate1…

midwifery

(Encyclopedia) midwiferymidwiferymĭdˈwīˌfərē [key], art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient…

birth

(Encyclopedia) birth or labor, delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period…