Word: commited
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...nationwide program like Dor Yeshorim recorded the genes of every citizen. (Even now, the federal government is attempting to map out the entire human genome.) Would you be comfortable knowing that all your genes are on record somewhere, from your predisposition for baldness to your likeliness to commit violent crimes (scientists have discovered a "crime gene" for males)? Already we are less disturbed than we should be that our privacy, from what we buy to whom we call, is recorded and often sold; in this era, knowledge is money...
...guidelines require that sting targets show a predisposition to commit a crime before an undercover operation begins. In this case, that may not be hard to prove. According to Justice Department officials, the kidney-stone machine sting is just a small part of a much broader investigation into widespread corruption at NASA. "There are major players and a lot of big dollars involved -- big dollars," says a law-enforcement source. Another source familiar with the case goes even further. "This is the biggest thing since Ill Wind," he says. Operation Ill Wind was the code name for the vast Pentagon...
...moved to Los Angeles, where he was felled by diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder. That experience scarred him. "I can't plan for next Thursday," he says. "I'll make a note of it and put a question mark after it. I don't like to commit because you just don't know what's going to happen. It's got to do with 'the moment...
...accept alternatives to suicide by developing a new and caring relationship with oneself. Bertrand Russell in his autobiography recalled that "there was a footpath leading across the fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone to watch the sunset and contemplate suicide. I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics...
...presidential search commit- tee, which consists of several trustees, onestudent, one staff member and two faculty members,will recommend one of the three candidates to thefull board of trustees by Christmas...