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A congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy.

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  • Some of the decisions involved in FAS and their effects were difficult – but they were right.
  • Financial Assets (formerly known as FAS No. 166) and ASU No.
  • "In the long term FAS leads to enormous social problems in various
  • Almost a year ago, an accounting rule known as FAS 157 went into effect.
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