Quick Answer. Herbert Hoover served as U.S. president from 1928 to 1932, which was one of the most economically depressed periods in the country's history. Though he cut taxes, invested in public works projects, established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and signed into law the Smoot-Hawley Act, he failed to end the Depression.
MAJOR PERSONALITY STUDY FINDS THAT TRAITS ARE MOSTLY INHERITED. THE genetic makeup of a child is a stronger influence on personality than child rearing, according to the first study to examine identical twins reared in different families. The findings shatter a widespread belief among experts and laymen alike in the primacy of family influence and are sure to engender fierce debate.
As Huntington's disease is inherited dominantly, a child of a parent who has/had the disease has a 50% chance of inheriting the defective gene. Often the disease affects several generations. Genetic testing for HD became possible in 1993 when the first non-sex-linked dominant disease gene was found. person with the Huntington's gene has one good copy of the gene and one faulty copy of the gene. His/her child will inherit either the good copy or the faulty one. The child who inherits the good copy will not develop Huntington's disease, while the child who inherits the faulty copy will.