Word: conflict
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Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interests. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflict would be sure to arise if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the football player turns to acting? Success also depends upon fortune. What of the child who does not live...
...Even if the region?s hardworking Western observers broker a deal over the captive soldiers, the respite may be temporary. ?The reason for the lull in fighting is less because of the cease-fire than because of the weather,? says Anastasijevic. ?The issues underlying the conflict remain unresolved, but it?s difficult to fight in minus-20-degree temperatures. When the snows melt in a month or two, the war will probably resume.? And that will put Washington right back in its Balkan bind...
...think it's really important to have a group of people you're compatible with," she says. "It's not like we all had a lot in common. Our living habits worked pretty well and our personalities didn't conflict...
...team, catcher Tom Lampkin, says McGwire "has such control on the mental side. He doesn't let things stew inside him. He puts a cap on it." So as McGwire shattered the most famous record in sports with 70 homers in a season, he didn't embrace the conflict; he transcended...
...what did the conflict accomplish? Even U.S. military officials recognized that their campaign could not wipe out Iraq's stores of chemical and biological agents. With U.N. inspectors gone, Saddam might speed development of weapons of mass destruction. No one doubted that when the smoke cleared, we would be asking the same nagging questions: When will Saddam fall? What...