Word: growing
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...under the jumbo limit and take a second loan for the rest. That second mortgage comes at a hefty premium--maybe a couple of percentage points more than your first mortgage. But it may make sense if you retire the second loan quickly--say within five years. These options grow more valuable as rates rise and the jumbo premium widens--for as long as the dubious jumbo distinction is allowed to persist...
...genes turn on and off. That could give them clues to human birth disorders like Holt-Oram syndrome, which is characterized by stunted arms and hands and is linked to these genes. As for the chicks, the scientists didn't let them hatch, resisting the temptation to grow drumsticks...
Drumsticks, anyone? If you're partial to chicken legs, here's good news for you. Thanks to some clever genetic engineering, scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., have come up with a way to grow birds with an extra pair of legs...
...when you're over 65 may not be so bad after all, according to a German report that analyzed data on 6,000 men and women. Obese young and middle-aged folks have a greater risk of dying than the fit, but the danger seems to diminish as they grow older. Researchers even suggest that most adults can safely gain 10 lbs. every decade without cutting their life short...
What scared me more, though, was listening to myself grow hysterical. I was convinced that most video and computer games were a waste. And besides, why wasn't he reading? As I grew more shrill, my son grew more sullen. I was rejecting something he loved. And he recognized my prejudice as uninformed. I was also violating a basic rule of parenting: take an interest in what your kid is doing--especially when his tastes diverge from yours. Every parent in America got a refresher course on that rule April...