Word: ripeness
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...legal ground by awarding a test- tube baby to the genetic parents rather than to the surrogate mother. The woman had contracted to carry it for $10,000 and then changed her mind, saying she had "bonded" with the infant. "A three-parent, two-natural-mom situation is ripe for crazy-making," said Parslow. "I decline to split this child emotionally between two mothers...
With the specter of recession looming across the U.S., consumers and companies have cut back their spending. Yet Swiss jeweler Piaget, whose motto is "Always do better than is necessary," is betting that the time is ripe for a new round of conspicuous consumption. Later this month Piaget will unveil its $1 million, gem-encrusted Aura watch, a flashy bauble that sports 237 diamonds set in an 18-karat-gold band and case...
...bound to boomerang. "Fame is an unnatural thing," says Mark Frost, Lynch's TV partner and Twin Peaks co-producer. "There is no equivalent to it in the animal kingdom." A director on the edge gets critical indulgences when he steps into the mainstream; a director on top is ripe for a raspberry. The trick for Lynch is to keep the ebb of acclaim from affecting either his work or his attitude toward...
...next marketplace ripe for Japan's "luxmobiles" is Europe. The Lexus went on sale in Switzerland and Britain earlier this year, and in 1991 will hit Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. In an interview early this year, BMW chairman Eberhard von Kuenheim accused Toyota of "dumping" Lexus in the U.S. market at below-market prices, and declared, "Europe is not willing to destroy its own industry" by giving Japan free access. Toyota calls that charge "groundless and meaningless," but spokesman Yoshiharu Tateishi says, "We are fully aware of the trade friction, and our approach will be modest...
Beyond the President's personal political fortunes, the present mess may spawn some truly significant legacies. The post-cold war U.N., ripe for realizing its lofty aims -- the maintenance of peace and respect for international law -- has passed an important test, and could become the useful forum for conflict resolution it was intended to be. In the Arab world, new alliances will probably emerge. Whether they are pro- or anti-Western, less or more hostile toward Israel, they will surely be different. Of greatest moment -- at least to the U.S. -- is the fact that Bush may have stumbled...