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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1998-04-24  |  16.5 MB  |  720x480  |  29.97fps  |  1 minute, 39 seconds  |  [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: Meet Sarah, a healthy eight-year-old, except for one problem. Sarah is short for her age, though it wasn't apparent at first. I hit the base! I hit the base! This is Sarah at six months. She was average length when she was born. But by the time she started school, the difference between her and her classmates was unmistakable. Concerned, her parents took her to a growth clinic. First, they measured Sarah's height at regular intervals. Okay, that's 115.2. They found an arithmetic sequence, but the common difference was lower than normal, 4 centimeters per year instead of 6. Further tests led to ...