Word: inherited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most extraordinary offshoots of in vitro research is a technique, offered to people carrying severe genetic diseases, that can ensure that their children will not inherit their defective genes. Couples in this situation are not technically infertile, but their options have been limited to an uncertain pregnancy or, if testing shows the presence of a defective gene, an abortion. Some people, opposed to abortion entirely, or unwilling to go through it again after one or more experiences, have decided never to have children...
...life-and-death concern: "Now that my partner and I are approaching old age, I don't want to have to resort to all kinds of legal subterfuge to ensure that what we have built together is not taken away. I want Don to be able to inherit my Social Security benefits if I die before he does. And I want to be covered by his medical retirement benefits. I simply want our waning years to be secure...
When humans confront the unknown, they may, at one extreme, resort to humor, or, at the other extreme, to theology. Both impulses (one disciplined, the other not) are forms of speculation, and both may be, in different ways, profound. Anarchic humor tends to inherit the universe when theology falls apart. The humor is either a refreshing relief or a prelude to despair...
...with the wherewithal to fund Lockheed's venture are convinced they'll get a return on that investment. Without government guarantees, the private sector may not be willing to put up the $4 billion to $8 billion needed to launch the VentureStar. If it doesn't, the Europeans could inherit the space-launch business. Permanently...
...hard to believe that we live in a culture in which adults have to be convinced that supporting children is in their own best interest. American adults suffer from a core of loneliness that is expressed in a poverty of heart and spirit, all of which our children inherit. Youngsters need more from us: love. O. FRED DONALDSON Hemet, California...