Word: fittest
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...built-in biological limit programmed into the cells of the human body. In laboratory experiments, human cells divide only about 50 times before they begin to fall apart like old jalopies. This planned obsolescence on nature's part makes a certain amount of evolutionary sense. Survival of the fittest, after all, rewards only those who reproduce, not necessarily those who reach old age. Once procreation is over, human bodies may as well be disposable goods, biologically speaking...
...band's recent popularity, Herlihy's retains his "fringe" voice, a rebellious testament to the postmodern contradictions which embody both the band's music and its success. In some ways, O-Positive seems to be the beneficiary of a true establishment success story: via "musical survival of the fittest," O-Positive stood out from dozens--maybe even hundreds--of struggling local bands to win the recording contract they deserved...
They are born. They live their brief life. The fittest of them survive long enough to produce offspring. Over time their descendants evolve, adapting to changes in their environment. Or they fail to adapt and become extinct. They behave, in short, just like living things -- except that they are not flesh and blood but programs that inhabit the memory of a computer...
...Green Seal or the Green Cross will have to pay fees to cover the cost of analyzing their products, and Green Seal will levy an annual licensing fee. Can the two ecologos happily coexist in a green world? There may not be room for both, say experts. Ultimately the fittest will survive...
...Chicago-based senior partner of Lazard Freres: "These are only midterm grades. The real grades arrive when you have an old-fashioned recession and see who survives." When that report card is in, more raiders are likely to flunk the game they touted so highly: survival of the fittest...