Word: testes
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Nearly 6,000 armed policemen guarded the stadium and the city of Madras against threats of violence, and professional snake catchers patrolled the crowds. This cricket test series between Pakistan and India is the first in 12 years...
Researchers have identified two major genes--dubbed BRAC1 and BRAC2--whose mutations dramatically increase your risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Getting tested for these genetic mutations costs as much as $2,400 for the first test in a family and $400 for subsequent tests and is usually not covered by insurance...
...their own Ivy League alma maters offering female undergraduates $7,500 for a donated egg. Before I could get that news comfortably digested, I came across an article in the Magazine section describing SAT prep courses for which parents spend thousands in the hope of raising their child's test scores enough to make admission to an Ivy League college possible. So how can people who have found a potential egg donor at an Ivy League college tell whether the donor carries genuine smart-kid genes or just pushy-parents genes...
...Duke of Wellington is said to have observed, "The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton." This statement reflects a recognition that teaching and learning can occur in many places and that work need not be contrasted with play. The ultimate test is whether youngsters grow up to be decent human beings and whether, when it is their turn, they can successfully transmit values and practices to their offspring. Recent talk that parents do not matter is highly misleading. We do matter, especially when it comes to inculcating discipline, respect, responsibility, core values. Perhaps we cannot...
...over. Never in memory has a President had so much to brag about and so many reasons to do it loudly. Clinton, forever the luckiest of men, is the luckiest of Presidents to be presiding over America in 1999, when everything that should be up--incomes, the markets, test scores, productivity--is up, while everything that should be down--inflation, crime, welfare rolls, teen pregnancies--is down. And he's lucky right down to the timing: he gets to give a nationwide address just as the prosecution rests and his lawyers begin cranking up his defense. David Kendall and Charles...