KATHMANDU -- Ranjita Shreshta's firstborn was given a head start on life: the baby girl was born hours before a devastating earthquake wreaked havoc in the Nepali capital, leaving her parents homeless but impressed by their daughter's tenaciousness.
A baby girl, Becky, was born hours later weighing 2.8 kg.
Our son, Jack, was born an hour and a half later, at home, in our bed.
"I studied here 10 years ago," said Mr. Vieira, who was born an hour north, in Oporto.
Certainly, the big, hostile hospital where she was born, an hour from home, makes me shudder when I pass it on the highway.
The Bee Gees comprised Maurice, his twin brother Robin - born an hour earlier - and their sibling Barry, who was two years older.
Then he did his sums: rain or shine, Hatfield would make money, Jordan concluded before quoting PJ Barnum's maxim that "a sucker is born every hour".
Here are some of those statistics: According to a study recently released by the United Nations, twelve babies are born every hour in one of the earthquake-impacted regions of Nepal that doesn't have basic health care.
Nepal Earthquakes: 12 babies born every hour without basic healthcare in worst hit areas – UNICEF KATHMANDU, Nepal, 15 May 2015 – Around twelve babies are being born every hour without access to basic healthcare in the areas of Nepal worst hit by two powerful earthquakes, according to UNICEF, following massive damage to maternity facilities.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, 15 May 2015 – Around twelve babies are being born every hour without access to basic healthcare in the areas of Nepal worst hit by two powerful earthquakes, according to UNICEF, following massive damage to maternity facilities.
"IT IS in my power | To o'erthrow law, and in one self-born hour | To plant and o'erwhelm custom," declares Time in "The Winter's Tale".
