[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.