As Malkin points out, an illegal Jamaican immigrant by the name of Una James, who is the mother of accused sniper John Malvo and a likely material witness in connection with his case, is on the lamb today because of this INS practice.

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Trevor Noah, another comedian who mines race and politics for material, is the son of a black South African mother and a white Swiss father who got together during apartheid, when interracial couples were illegal.

WSJ: South Africa Gets Some Comic Relief

Made from every manner of material--from ivory and brass to animal teeth and mother-of-pearl--tampers come in a wonderful variety of motifs, including a horse's hind leg, a bust of Oliver Cromwell, a milkmaid and, yes, a human finger.

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Although the father's genetic material is present in the embryo and on the surface of the placenta, the mother's body does not reject it.

BBC: Immune treatment 'cuts IVF failures'

In a letter to her mother, she wrote: ''As a last wish I have asked that my 'material substance' be left to you.

BBC: Victims of Nazi anatomists named