[00:01]perish
[00:02]Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to
[00:06]disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions.
[00:10]Cherry
[00:11]When my mother finally visited London for the
[00:14]first time, we went searching-unsuccessfully-for
[00:18]17 Cherry Tree Lane, where Mary Poppins lived and worked.
[00:24]strawberry
[00:25]Still, for California strawberry growers the news
[00:29]is the best thing since shortcake. They think the initial
[00:33]reports about "the strawberry disease'' cost them millions
[00:36]of dollars in sales total sales in 1994 were $608 million.
[00:44]chess
[00:47]The result eases the pressure on Moscow chess
[00:50]officials whose once invincible squad failed to justify top
[00:54]seeding in the last three Olympiads.
[00:58]mistress
[00:59]Three years after the Larkin Building was completed,
[01:03]Wright left his wife and six children and ran off with
[01:06]his mistress, who was murdered five years later by a
[01:10]deranged servant.
[01:13]mess
[01:15]President Obama has often talked about the mess he
[01:18]inherited from his predecessor, but on this occasion, the
[01:21]worst imaginings of the Bush Administration served him well.
[01:27]blanket
[01:30]This year's favorite blanket is full of holes, and
[01:33]meant to be: it is the thermal blanket, a machine-made
[01:37]creation of loose-weave stitches that looks like the afghan
[01:41]Grandma used to crochet.