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...divorced simultaneously. At that point, they will possess so much file data about each other that they will negotiate in advance the terms of every day they plan to spend together, deciding what annoying habits they are willing to tolerate and, more important, what personal details each one will permit the other to use either in court or in the eventual tell-all book. "Looking at me cross-eyed" could emerge as the most common charge of misconduct in the personal nuisance suits that will clog the legal system...
...dispense with family-based reproduction. Society could then produce its future generations in institutions that might resemble the state-sponsored baby hatcheries in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. People of any age or marital status could submit their genetic material, pay a fee, perhaps apply for a permit and then produce offspring. "Embryos could be brought to fetal and infant stage all in the laboratory, outside the womb," says Cornish. "Once ready, the children could be fed by nurses or even automated machinery...
...telephone number, uttered a few passwords and then returned to tell me that I had an "invalid" Social Security number. By this time, I'd forgotten about the original error in my license, but I was captivated by the phrase, "invalid Social Security number." The woman refused to permit me to open an account. Get this: A bank, of all places, declined to accept my $3,000 because I had "an invalid Social Security number...
Alternative routes to certification are an option for those who have not participated in UTEP. School systems with teacher shortages may permit applicants to begin teaching on a provisional basis while securing certification through classwork when the work day ends...
...Allowing companies to set their own maximum pollution levels unless the state agency objected within seven days. If no response from the state is forthcoming (if, for example, it took a while for the letter merely to reach the appropriate desk) the emissions permit would automatically be changed to the companies' levels...