Word: birthdaying
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...what was a very different, more primitive planet earth. So this one has a strange, cosmic prestige, a quality of the almost unprecedented. The world approaches it in states of giddiness, expectation and, consciously or unconsciously, a certain anxiety. The millennium looms as civilization's most spectacular birthday, but, as it approaches, the occasion also sends out nagging threats of comeuppance...
...Sarah was ready for a change. She wanted to have children. So she strolled into the Reproductive Health Center to reclaim the ovary that had been carefully removed, frozen and shelved on her 21st birthday. She called up her fifth and current husband Abe and asked him if he wanted to have kids...
Joseph V. Ferino, who volunteers for the state's Quincentennial Commission, agrees that some of the "decelebration" of the holiday is unnecessary. He says Columbus Day marks "the birthday of America...an epic event" in history...
...those who missed the latest issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, a finding that is odd but demonstrably true: men run the greatest risk of dying shortly before their birthday, while women tend to die in the week just after. The biological reason is unclear, but speculation is focusing on the possible connection between mental state and physical health -- and no wonder, since the study was done in California. The increased risk is small enough that no one should worry, say the experts -- but to be safe, don't schedule major elective surgery for that time of year...
...summer, suburban kids run away and hide in Harvard Square because they didn't get the car they wanted for their birthday," he said...