Word: adult
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Amelia Earhart wore them while piloting her plane across the oceans. Rosie the Riveter donned them for her shift at a World War II defense plant. Generations of American children have learned to toddle in them. They have been a trendy, casual, adult costume for the past few years. Now, with acrobatic élan, jumpsuits have leaped from utilitarian to U, from convenient to chic. At pricey department stores and boutiques across the country, dressy jumpsuits are, well, jumping off the racks. They are even in vogue for evening wear. At this month's opening of the San Francisco...
Edward Hoagland is another essayist who has earned his style through adversity. A novelist of modest reputation before turning to the essay (Cat Man in 1956 and The Circle Home in 1960), Hoagland has spent much of his childhood and adult life as a stutterer. ("Being in these vocal handcuffs made me a devoted writer at twenty. I worked like a dog, choosing each word.") Hoagland's style is consonant with the idea that the essay is a variety of "conversational writing." Unshackled, Hoagland converses recklessly, wildly, an abundance of critical detail and blinding enthusiasm fueling his abrupt transitions from...
...dawn of designer genes is slowly moving closer. Researchers are now extending their experiments to living animals. In April, scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles reported they had inserted into intact adult mice a gene that makes cells resistant to a specific drug. Last week a team of Yale University scientists announced they had altered an animal's hereditary makeup at a more basic level: by injecting foreign genes into a mouse at its earliest stage of development, a fertilized...
...dress as hospital staff; Roberts is the white-coated "doctor." Customers-or rather, prospective parents-must raise their right hands and take an oath to love and care for their little charges. At the Georgia plant and a branch "adoption center" in Orlando, Fla., Roberts plans eventually to produce adult dolls as well. Each will come equipped with a driver's license and birth certificate-everything but credit cards and the right to vote...
...next six months he received the education that he had avoided in his adult life, and he imposed a self-discipline that he had formerly rejected. While seeking the help of his troubled wife, he became more mindful of his part in her problems, and he became more thoughtful. His sense of public propriety and his need to preserve grace in political affairs were sharpened...