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...more beautiful and genetically superior baby," she said. "I was hoping for a black guy, but I got a Jew." Right then I felt grateful both for Cassandra and for the fact that she didn't put that in our wedding vows. I just hope Laszlo didn't inherit her mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: Does My Son Take After Me — or His Mom? A Genetic Test | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

However, King will inherit a union that has watched big contract gains made over the last two generations simply melt away as the auto industry downturn worsened. Union members hired prior to the current downturn continue to make $28 per hour. But when the industry recovers and the Detroit Three will hire new employees, they will only be guaranteed $14 per hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob King Picked — Not Elected — To Lead UAW | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

Proudly so, because as Zhang understood, hard work today means a much better life decades from now for those who will inherit what he helped create. And if that sounds familiar to Americans - marooned, for the moment, in the deepest recession in 26 years - it should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...homeland. "Colombia is a nation in which cycles of violence can continue from generation to generation," he says. "If you do something to me, my family members will look for your family members ... So [the film] has the value of saying, 'It stops here. We are not going to inherit our parents' hatred.' " (See how police tracked and killed Pablo Escobar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...maiden name, though that dainty phrase seems to have been banished in favor of birth name. I never understood why, from the perspective of fighting the patriarchy, it was somehow more liberated to bear your father's name than your husband's, especially since you choose your husband and inherit your father. In my case, each had an efficient, pronounceable name. How to choose? (See TIME's special report "The State of the American Woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs., Ms. or Miss: Addressing Modern Women | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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