Things you pretend to know (and hope no one will ask)
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Some seemingly common buzzwords, scientific breakthroughs and cultural references are actually unclear or even totally unknown to many people, even those who sometimes use them. These include the difference between a gourmet and a gourmand, the location of the no man's land and the meaning of angst.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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Hope for the infertile
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The Center for Reproductive Medicine researchers in Brussels, Belgium, found a way of fertilizing an egg through the release of the sperm to the egg. Couples can use such method when they cannot conceive using the in-vitro fertilization method.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
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