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We can thus comprehend why children born into such circumstances have more problems in school, are more likely to commit crimes, and are more prone to heart disease, diabetes, and a host of other physical and mental illnesses later in life.

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Now I'm not going to belabor this point, but studies do show that, as investors, women are much less prone to taking reckless risks than men, precisely because, as we've already heard, women tend not to suffer from overconfidence in the same way that men do.

Now "kindness" might sound like a very mild word, and it's prone to its own abundant cliche.

And small groups are more prone to accidents and bad luck.

After all, they are the most perishable of their kind, prone to injury and very slow to heal due to our health care system.

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