Word: fates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bianco's tragic fate has become all too common in the U.S. About 2 million women are battered by their husbands or lovers each year; 1,500 of those victims died in 1987, the last year for which complete statistics are available. The most common advice offered battered women is for them to leave the men who abuse them. But experts say some men, panicked by loss of control over their previously cowered partners, become even more violent after separation. "It's extremely rare that you read about a man who has beaten a woman to death while...
...result in childbirth, in-vitro techniques have been responsible for more than 5,000 births in the U.S. since 1978. The Davis case is the first battle for possession of the eggs. Legal experts have been warning that couples who enter fertility programs should draw up agreements dictating the fate of such eggs should there be a death or divorce. Says Ellen Wright Clayton, assistant professor of law and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University: "Fertilized eggs are going to give rise to a whole new set of legal issues...
...fate of SAIS Cahuide has become a familiar tale in Peru, which is reeling from the double punch of guerrilla insurgency and economic stagflation. The confluence of crises has brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy and shaken the nation's institutional foundations. While a military coup does not appear imminent, the basic conditions for civilian democracy are ! eroding at an alarming rate. Approximately 150,000 Peruvians emigrated last year. Rural families who lack the money to leave have migrated to urban centers, straining city budgets and turning the pueblos jovenes, or shantytowns, into breeding grounds for subversion...
...James Watson as he gears up for the monumental task ahead. "It excites me enormously," he says, and he remains confident that it can be accomplished despite the naysayers both within and outside the scientific community. "How can we not do it?" he demands. "We used to think our fate was in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes...
...opposition parties planned mass street rallies to force Papandreou's resignation, Parliament was debating a motion of no confidence that would bring about new elections. But most political observers predicted that Papandreou would weather the vote, set for early this week. His political fate is not likely to be settled until Greece holds scheduled elections in June, and the outlook for the beleaguered Prime Minister then is considerably more problematic...