Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...goal was to not let it get this far intothe game," Zotter said. "We wanted to come out andscore fast, and take charge of the game and makeit not even a question...
Novel approaches to babymaking seem to be coming at us so fast that we hardly have time to digest one before the next one hits--test-tube babies, egg donation, surrogacy, cloning and now sex selection. And just as with earlier methods, the new sperm-separation technique announced last week has triggered plenty of ethical concern. Only a few critics have argued that tampering with nature to avoid a sex-linked genetic disease should be taboo. But plenty have expressed misgivings about using the new technology more casually, to balance families, or simply because parents prefer boys or girls. Such...
...things seem to be happening way too fast in the world economy. Countries no longer slide into recession; they plunge headfirst over the cliff, faster than a fund manager can hit the redial button on his phone. Now that Russia's finances have imploded, the worriers are turning their attention to the other onetime communist colossus grappling with economic reform: China. Since the once vaunted "Asian miracle" has taken on the aura of a curse, a lot of investors and governments are asking if the People's Republic of China will be the next to fall...
...parallels between the two Marxist alumni are eerie. China, eight times as populous as Russia and with an economy that last year expanded 20 times as fast as Russia's, suffers many of the same infirmities. Its banking system is just as rotten, corruption flourishes beyond the central government's control, labor unrest is widespread, a budget deficit is growing, taxes can't be collected, and an inefficient network of state enterprises still hamstrings a full transition to the free market...
...doll clothes. But has the craze gone too far? Mattel Media's Barbie Nail Designer software lets girls design and print nail stickers in an array of colorful patterns. But parents might want to check the price before buying: the software costs just $20, but ink can go fast, and cartridges cost...