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... lower levels of the nervous system , the training of skilled movements such as walking requires the suppression of some lower - level reflexes as well as a proper arrangement of the reciprocal inhibition and simultaneous contraction of ...
... lower levels of the nervous system , the training of skilled movements such as walking requires the suppression of some lower - level reflexes as well as a proper arrangement of the reciprocal inhibition and simultaneous contraction of ...
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... lower slopes of the Brooks Range ( and lower still at higher elevations ) to about 68 ° F ( 20 ° C ) in the lower Talkeetnas . With less than 20 inches ( 500 millimetres ) of annual precipitation , the Brooks Range is the driest of the ...
... lower slopes of the Brooks Range ( and lower still at higher elevations ) to about 68 ° F ( 20 ° C ) in the lower Talkeetnas . With less than 20 inches ( 500 millimetres ) of annual precipitation , the Brooks Range is the driest of the ...
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... lower Mississippi valley . More than 23,000 square miles of land were flooded . Communications , including roads and rail and telephone services , were cut in many places . Farms , factories , and whole towns went temporarily underwater ...
... lower Mississippi valley . More than 23,000 square miles of land were flooded . Communications , including roads and rail and telephone services , were cut in many places . Farms , factories , and whole towns went temporarily underwater ...
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