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Suddenly she had an imaginary thumb (a little stunted, she said, but it worked).

The dwarf recrossed his stunted legs and began to prick the other set of toes. "Shall I prick my prick as well? "

In much of Africa and South Asia, more than half the children are stunted (of low height for their age) as a result of chronic hunger.

These can be troubling waters to navigate, because years of artificial coping may have stunted your emotional growth.

It is not that certain aptitudes of men, intellectual aptitudes for instance, become stunted or destroyed.

You know, this kind of codependent, emotionally stunted.

Every single bit of progress in this country is stunted by unending politics and the insane red-tape based system we have in place.

Symbolic measures and awareness campaigns can be helpful, but without a radical change in attitudes, real progress will remain stunted .

Yesterday, on a train from London to the Midlands, I stared out of the window on to a sorry scene of stunted crops and dusty land.

It's understandable that the strange case of the once psychically stunted nation should continue to intrigue both outsiders and ourselves.

The show has had a few really long breaks. Do you think they've alienated fans or stunted the show's growth?

Due to the extra weight required to stiffen up the chassis, the performance of the Roadster will be slightly stunted compared to the coupe.

Quite a few think Jewish religious and cultural life in Israel is stunted.

Stunted people are not just shorter than they would have been ; their mental potential is impaired as well .

Phosphorus-deficient plants are often stunted, with leaves turning a characteristic dark green, often with the accumulation of anthocyanin.

On the contrary, she believes it was the decision to launch China's professional league before the market was ready that stunted the game.

Decades of single-party rule stunted the nation's political development. That left the bureaucrats to run the country.

Alcoa, like most producers, has cut production in the last six months as the global economic downturn stunted demand.

Waterborne disease is a major cause of stunted development and child mortality, as well as a huge drain on household budgets.

without its warmth their growth would be stunted (smaller) their development would be arrested (stopped), they would decay and die.

A heartbreaking, bitter, and gorgeous epoch-spanning novel of a woman's life stunted by marriage, this is Smiley's best book yet.

This "wage compression" has also stunted the emergence of a low-wage service sector that could cater to the home market.

Agriculture officials say the heavy rains this season have damaged or stunted the crop of many competitive growers of giant pumpkins.

This option is also costly: Germans have paid the price in terms of high unemployment and stunted growth.

Gravitational interactions eject it from the core, cutting it off from its reservoir of gas and leaving it permanently stunted.

Its agricultural productivity is nonetheless stunted; the number of families living off farming is shrinking.

a Dark Creature (classified as a demon) resembling a piglet, but stunted with narrow black eyes, a thick stubby tail, and long legs.

But many critics argue that the result of long-serving dictators in the Middle East has been stunted growth for their countries' economies.

Other symptoms can include stunted growth and a ferret like facial appearance.

Side-effects for long term steroid are many, including stunted growth, osteoporosis, cataract, hypertension.

i explained that they were bare masses of stone , with hardly enough earth in their cleft to nourish a stunted tree.

Pakistan's economic and social development have also been stunted, as the army has sucked up resources and thwarted growth.

As long as he focuses on himself, his ability to love will always remain stunted.

Interestingly their spiritual development is stunted until they dive into the very human realm of emotions.

Back then, the mitochondria didn't have stunted genomes as they do today, but normal bacterial chromosomes with several thousand genes.

His modern equivalents are the stunted men in the Dodge Charger ad that ran during this year's Super Bowl in February.

Weak market disciplines and price signals have driven up oil consumption and stunted incentives to increase efficiency.

Iodine deficiency in infants has been associated with mental retardation, diminished intelligence, and stunted growth.

And whoever the perpetrators may be, Mr. Obama dismissed them as "small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build. "

The beaches, sandy are covered only with tufts of halophilous grasses. The dune areas have highly coconut trees and stunted palm trees.

Long-term effects of malnutrition in children include stunted growth and abnormal decreases in brain development.

In a Twitter discussion, opinions and our tolerance for others' opinions are stunted.

A separate report showed applications for home loans dipped last week, suggesting still stunted demand ahead of the spring selling season.

First signs of potassium deficiency are reduction in growth rates. Plants become stunted and usually leaf colour is darker.

There are, however, objective reasons to worry that the nation's economic growth may be stunted for years to come.

Globally, in 2010, an estimated 171 million children below five years of age, were stunted and 104 million were underweight.

Children whose growth was stunted because of malnutrition before age five tended to be shorter as young adults and receive less schooling.

Serious, livestock and lack of energy, stunted growth or weight loss.

Two stunted apple trees raised their gnarled and knotty branches on either side of the wicket gate.

That helps explain why much of the population is stunted by malnutrition.

He was so big that made everyone at the bar look stunted and he had a lovely smile.

Our water buffaloes grew stunted from drinking the water and our crops turned grey.

The most disturbing trait of the derro female is her misshapen fingernails and stunted hands.

The scorching conditions also stunted the growth of smaller dwarf galaxies, the new research shows.

Survivors may be physically and mentally stunted, and ravaged by sores.

Stunted plants . . . Excess fertilizer (root damage), lack of water or over watered (root damage).

To examine coping capacity, they looked at national data on the prevalence of children stunted by malnutrition.

The country's present political quagmire seems impassable partly because debate over what to do is so stunted.

Their maize was stunted, their citrus fruits were shrivelled and their tobacco leaves were small -- all because of a lack of water.

His spade hits the earth marking only a stunted notch in the desiccated soil.

There is no limit on how long a stunted or stagnant soul can sit in such a situation.

Stunted development affects about half of the nation's young children.

One was small and stunted, though the slave soldiers who attended him were grotesquely tall and thin.

Rather than using energy for height, the stunted crops put it toward making grain instead, quadrupling production in some cases.

Not all national oil companies suffer from stunted growth and lack of investment.

The stunted receptor does not pass the message on properly.

The defeat also stunted Villa's growth into genuine title contenders themselves.

But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations .

Gas production has been stunted by state-set prices that discourage firms from making large investments.

Abrupt increases in the oil price have prompted anxiety about stunted growth ever since.

And what was once lake bottom has become just another field of winter wheat, stunted for want of rain.

But in warm water the plants become stunted and overgrown by brown algae, which the iguanas cannot digest.

Where reverence is lacking, the living forces of the etheric body are stunted in their growth.

It's for serious writers, not emotionally stunted dilettantes !

The important observation is that the "stunted" pig has lower body weight at maturity and potentially altered body composition.

Crops for fuel, in contrast, can be ugly or stunted.

As a result, the Rockets failed to gel and Yao Ming's improvement was stunted.

Arrested in growth or development; stunted.

Stunted growth is irreversible.

In Asia, the number of stunted children is estimated to have halved between 1990 (190 million) and 2010 (100 million).

Loan demand is stunted for much the same reasons as elsewhere.

Oh, good, thought Tyrion. If she gives her body to me, she is welcome to my soul, small and stunted though it is.

In short, without water, growth is stunted.

A short or stunted branch of a tree.

Over the past years, match fixing, corrupt referees and illegal gambling have stunted the development of Chinese football.

Monster galaxies' heat stunted smaller ones 11 billion years ago.

However, in the UN Africa Region, the number of stunted children is projected to increase from 45 million in 1990 to 60 million in 2010.

Or maybe it's because at heart I'm an emotionally stunted 17-year-old.

One reason is that in the Andes it generally manifests itself as stunted growth.

The ill-timed revelation not only stalled his own bid for freedom, but also stunted his identity.

This is about lost learning potential for children and adults in the future, stunted intellectual and physical growth.

100-200 -- Continued drops in IQ, stunted growth, and hearing loss.

The technical term for this is that their "declarative learning" was stunted by the distraction.

It can also lead to more serious complications, including mineral and vitamin deficiencies, malnutrition, weight loss, and stunted growth.

Though its run was stunted, "The DaVinci Code" enjoyed a remarkable run in China, grossing over $13 million.

There were large trees in small pots, so that they stood so stunted in growth, and ready to burst the pots;

They displayed stunted growth; bleeding stomachs; abnormal and potentially precancerous cell growth in the intestines;

Stunted, hairy, dirty pigs that don't grow well

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Primary Studies on the Formation of Stunted Fruit in'Yueyin Wuheli'Litchi