Word: birthed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many it takes a lifetime to complete the search, but somehow, Uche A. and Oni J. Blackstock '99 found each other at birth...
Nonetheless, Gattaca, despite a certain emotional shallowness, does hit a nerve with its glass-and-chrome model of a society obsessed with the potential for human perfection. Perhaps its best spokesperson is the courteous, kindly-looking genetic "consultant" who, early on, advises Vincent's parents on the birth of their second child. After sketching some of the wonderful and more reasonable tweaking possibilities that lie before them--prevention of genetic defects, diseases, bad eyesight, predisposition to obesity--he finally concludes, in the most quietly persuasive tones in the world, "[The child] is still you...It's just the best...
...point, the birth of Han's child is recorded twice, in almost identical prose, with only the sex of the child different in each account. Only pages later is the reader able to separate Han's hallucinations from reality. But meanwhile, as Han rants to everyone who will listen, "I gave birth to a son. I saw him. I touched him," the reader does not know whether to believe her claims or dismiss her delirium as does everyone else. But Lim may just intend to make the reader empathize with Han's own confusion at the admittedly odd circumstances...
...have a computer at home? If so, count yourself lucky. Since the birth of the personal computer in the 1970s, access to technology has been largely restricted to the upper-middle class...
...first grandchild was born 9 days ago," he glowed. "And the attending physician at the birth of my grandchild was a [former] student of mine...