Word: abortions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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NAFTA is important, however, primarily for reasons going beyond its own economic effects. Its rejection by the U.S. could topple a much bigger domino: a proposed agreement to promote freer trade among the more than 100 members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade could die. That would abort an expansion of world trade that many nations are counting on to help end the recession afflicting the industrial world. The U.S. would be especially hurt: the GATT agreement contains protections for "intellectual property" (patents, copyrights) that American exporters sorely need but do not now have...
...idea is headline simple: if genetic testing allowed parents to know that their child in the womb would probably grow up gay, would they abort the fetus and try again for a straight one? To make the decision tougher, Tolins gives the prospective mother (Jennifer Grey) a beloved brother (an engagingly prickly Raphael Sbarge) who is flamboyantly...
None of it is guaranteed to happen. Doubtless there will be many twistings and turnings, moments of tension and suspense, backsliding by either side that threatens to abort the whole process before a real peace is nailed down. But the odds seem to be that one will be achieved. Last week's breakthrough was the result less of altruism than of simple realism. Secret talks in Oslo built enough trust to impel Arafat and Rabin to take the first step: recognition...
...humbly submit that there are more important issues facing this land. Given current federal deficit extrapolations, when many of these baby/appendages grow into taxpaying adults in about 2015 they will be very angry with those who did not abort them. It would serve our nation very well to channel the energy being expended in San Jose, Philadelphia and Jackson, Miss, towards the problems of those who can already see the light of day and the grim realities it brings...
Terrible Choice: Will families want to abort gay babies...