Word: inherits
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Because the defective site is on the X chromosome, females (who are born with two Xs, one inherited from each parent) are less often affected by the syndrome; their normal X chromosome can mask the effects of the faulty one. But males, who have one X and one Y sex chromosome, have no such backup and are therefore more susceptible. Still, for reasons that baffle scientists, not all females are protected, and some males are spared. "About 20% of males who inherit the gene are unaffected carriers, and about a third of all females who are carriers are affected," says...
Aquino has also begun to disprove the predictions of her husband, who used to say that whoever succeeded Marcos was "doomed to fail" because of the troubles the person would inherit. His wife ended up with that chaos, and burdened too with all the impossible expectations she had awakened. In addition, she enjoyed no transition period and no advance planning. To make matters worse, she has had to manage a three-party government made up of moderates, leftists and the military. "Given the mess she's inherited," says a senior Washington official, "I think she has been very successful...
...reform is already stirring apprehension. The lifetime-employment system, for example, allowed children to inherit their parents' jobs, a practice that will eventually end. Some planners are worried that the new system will lure workers in search of more lucrative jobs to already crowded cities. They also fear that some less desirable positions may go unfilled. Says a Chinese official: "We must be very careful about labor mobility. Permanent employment is one of the last bastions of our ideology...
Gotti, who seemed to personify a vigorous new generation of mobster, may never have a chance to inherit his criminal kingdom. Prosecutor Diane Giacalone, 36, says tapes of conversations between Gotti and his lieutenants, recorded by a trusted Gambino "soldier" turned informant, will provide "direct evidence of John Gotti's role as manager of a gambling enterprise." If convicted, the new crime chief and six lieutenants could be imprisoned for up to 40 years...
...from the second circle of hell, that's why. Those stuck there have three choices: getting a personality transplant, being extravagantly generous--buy everyone in your entryway a gram of coke!--or teaching yourself solitaire. As the president of a final club once remarked to me, "The meek might inherit the earth, but they won't get punched for the Porc...