Word: inherited
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...many of these younger Americans stand poised to inherit their parents' wealth, and the Winnebago to boot. This enormous endowment, much of which is handed down in the form of gifts while parents are still alive, forms an invisible safety net beneath millions of young families and explains their ability to sleep soundly at night despite being overworked and underpaid. Says O'Brien: "I know I'm going to inherit. That's my peace of mind...
...folks don't necessarily need to be rich in order to leave a respectable inheritance. Among homeowners 65 and older, more than 80% have paid off their mortgage. The number of deaths among this group is expected to rise from 1.3 million in 1980 to 1.8 million in 2000, which converts into a lot of teary- eyed beneficiaries. On average, each can expect to inherit $50,000, according to Wolff. Warns Ken Dychtwald, president of Age Wave Inc., a consulting group in Emeryville, California: "There's going to be an inheritance cascade...
...gimmicks fail. The set collapses. One actor forgets all his lines in terror. And Tiny Tim, played all through rehearsals by a plump pubescent brat who has held the role for years and now nearly outweighs Bob Cratchit, decamps a day before opening, leaving the middle-aged "inspector" to inherit the part...
Clinton's foreign-policy advisers say they know they will inherit unsolved issues and hot spots. But, one says firmly, "we should not and cannot conduct foreign policy between now and Jan. 20. The world needs to have no ambiguity about who's President until then." Clinton and his team are regularly informed, but not consulted, by the White House on major decisions: a secure phone allows National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft to keep in contact with Clinton aides Sandy Berger and Nancy Soderberg. There are no complaints on either side about the one-way dialogue. "There's no reason...
Habit also explains this fixation on the newly elected President. For nearly half a century, the character and the resolve of the U.S. President mattered to Europeans in the most visceral sense -- survival. The nuclear football that Clinton will inherit on Jan. 20 now seems almost a cold war anachronism, but the tendency to look anxiously toward Washington remains an inborn trait. The human mind abhors a power vacuum; even in the dying years of the Roman Empire, free men could probably rattle off the names and pedigrees of Emperors like Petronius Maximus, Majorian and Severus...