Word: inherit
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...patriarchal age of nearly 90 -- he posed dreadful problems for other artists. The length of his career condemned all his Venetian contemporaries to be the second choice of patrons. This must have been especially hard on Tintoretto, born 30 years after Titian, who had every right to expect to inherit the great man's mantle. Titian refused to die until Tintoretto was nearly...
...Will a shrinking pool of savings increase interest rates and stifle worldwide growth? The seven national leaders in Houston should ask their financial experts to gauge the impact of that worrisome trend. They should also examine the effect of high levels of government borrowing on future generations, who will inherit the bill. The conclusions might begin to instill a collective recognition of the need to pay now for government services the public demands...
...least 400 families control fortunes in excess of $100 million, but the real measure of wealth lies in its breadth and depth. More than 2 million people, many only in their 30s, are deutsche mark millionaires. This is the first German generation in this century to actually inherit wealth. "Earlier generations," says Edith Hartl, a self-made businesswoman in Munich, "were wiped out by Weimar inflation or war. Today's 30-year-olds are inheriting all the fruits of the economic miracle...
...when he arrives this fall, Meyer will inherit an endowment which has grown from $1 billion to more than $5 billion in just under 20 years...
...observes Dr. Theodore VanItallie of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. But this evidence could also lead to despair. If people are born to be fat, are attempts to slim down doomed? No, say weight specialists. Low-fat diets and exercise can help offset heredity. People may inherit a propensity to obesity, but it need not be their destiny...