Word: mates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bearing ovaries through radiation therapy or disease could preserve her eggs for later insemination. Or, given that aging eggs rather than aging bodies are the leading cause of female infertility, a young woman who wants a career before she starts her family--or even before she chooses a mate--could freeze her eggs in their prime, then use them later...
Although Hulse originally gathered signatures for a vice-presidential candidacy, he changed his mind at the last minute and submitted a petition for the presidency, choosing as his running mate council Secretary Olivia Verma...
...such heavy fiscal lifting presage, as some hoped, a return to the market boom of the '80s, when squillionaires competed for favored artworks like mountain rams in rut clashing horns over a crag or a mate, and when new money would pay just about anything for just about anything? Obviously not. For instance, at the Ganz sale someone paid $7.9 million for a good Jasper Johns--a far cry from the $17 million paid for a comparable picture at Sotheby's nine years...
Kennedy's compulsive womanizing is of consequence not only for what it says about his character but also because it could have made him vulnerable to blackmail. Hersh suggests that it did, but never produces convincing proof. Why did Kennedy name Johnson as his running mate, despite Robert Kennedy's distaste for Johnson? Many historians have concluded that it was pure political calculation: Johnson could deliver Texas. Hersh thinks it was blackmail. He says that during a closed-door meeting with Kennedy, Johnson may have threatened to disclose J.F.K.'s dirty laundry, though Hersh doesn't know which laundry...
...times a week. The locks for Week 11: The Seahawks. Last week's cover-buster against Denver was portent for a slaughter in San Diego. The Steelers will win, and win big. The no-offense sleeper vs. Chiefs last Monday was a gut check for Kordell, whose ex-mate Bam Morris will probably show up stoned. And yes, this is the part where the Cowboys make a run at the playoffs. But 8.5? Slim likes a close one. Good weekend, and remember--bet responsibly. (Psst. Go with Syracuse and Michigan on Saturday...