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...always been obeyed. On April 7, 1986, Reagan went to the Baltimore Orioles' opening-day game at Memorial Stadium despite dire warnings from the Friend that he should not travel that day. Until Reagan's safe return, the White House communications network was ablaze with Nancy's efforts to abort the trip...
Shock, despair, terror and anger grip the Caribbean nation after goon squads abort balloting, leaving at least 50 civilians dead and raising troubling questions about army complicity. -- Polish voters reject a government- proposed program of economic reform and austerity. -- With the U. S.- backed rebels gaining, the Soviets seek a quick exit from Afghanistan...
...contras are not the only ones who can derail the peace process. This week in El Salvador, President Jose Napoleon Duarte is scheduled to begin peace negotiations with the country's leftist guerrillas. But a dispute over whether the rebels must first put down their arms threatens to abort the talks. Arias, who has agreed to mediate, will undoubtedly struggle valiantly to pull the talks back on track. But if the plan stalls in El Salvador, it may be the beginning of the end for the Guatemala peace accord...
SUNDAY WAS INDEED a happy Easter for Argentinians, whose president, Raul Alfonsin, convinced rebel army officers to abort a plan to launch an offensive against the nations's still fragile democracy. For four days, the officers had plotted in a military compound outside the capital. Alfonsin proved that even in blood-soaked Latin America, the power of suasion can exceed the power of arms. The peaceful victory offers others in a war-torn world an eloquent lesson...
...contract currently used in many such arrangements does not provide the surrogate mother with many rights, but puts a good number of restraints on her. She agrees to abstain from smoking, alcohol and drugs as well as sexual intercourse during the period around insemination. Most agreements forbid her to abort without consent of the father, though some require it if amniocentesis reveals fetal abnormalities. And while the mothers are screened, though not always with sufficient diligence, the contracting couples often are not. What are the ethical dilemmas of a surrogate mother who delivers her child into a home she knows...