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      <title>Is it a "Sweet Potato" or a "Yam"?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title>Children's Brain Research Principles</title>
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          <title>Preventing Violence in the Preschool Classroom</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title>Childcare Corner:  Spend Time with Children to Give them a Good Start in Life</title>
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