Word: apt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perhaps that's not an apt metaphor," hesaid
...title of the film is startlingly apt. The film is structurally divided into two halves, connected by a moving transition. The first half is filmed exclusively on the hill and mostly in the house...
...There are no growing industries in these regions--no biotechnology, no computer software developing, no international banking. The economy still relies on the vanishing coal and steel industries. As natural resources evaporate, so do livelihoods. Viewed by outsiders as "white trash", the people of Appalachia are not the most apt to be defended by average concerned citizens. But without a voice, these people can only suffer the indignity of leaving their homes for cities in a simple effort to survive...
...majority of gay parents are women, both because courts are more apt to award custody to mothers and because of the lesbian baby boom. Gay men are increasingly seeking to join them. Tim Fisher lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his longtime lover Scott Davenport and their daughter Kari, 3, and son Fritz, 1. The children, biologically Fisher's, were conceived via surrogate mothers. Fisher is a stay-at-home dad: "I didn't just want to become a parent. I wanted a family. I wanted the hands-on experience." Davenport admits, "I was skeptical. But becoming parents...
...people who conducted this survey concede that the sample was far too small to be reliable. Moreover, if recent research is right in suggesting a genetic basis for homosexuality, it may be that parental role models have little or no influence. Conservatives retort that common sense suggests children are apt to emulate...