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...disdain the idea of marriage. She cannot pass a child without smiling, and youngsters in return respond to Bell's fresh-faced charm. "The high point of my career," she reflects gravely, "was when I came to the U.S. and found that Americans are allowing single people to adopt babies...
...understood all over the world. A man must be a man of his word. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say, and this is not based on sentimental factors or flaring emotionalism but on wise calculation. It is not correct to say that we are adopting ways that are different from the Arab world. We are trying to convince our brothers to adopt methods that can be understood in the whole world...
...into a 200-acre headquarters complex in Oak Brook, Ill., where a staff of 70 answers 200 spiritual "Dear Abby" letters per month, prepares advanced seminars and is developing a national training center for pastors and schoolteachers, as well as a "character curriculum" that he hopes many colleges will adopt. According to Gothard, they should scrap conventional subjects and rebuild courses around 49 virtues, including diligence, loyalty and tact...
What if he finds that he will never be able to return to Sierra Leona? "In that sad case," he says, "I will adopt another African country. I would go there, and do what I could in health and politics. There certainly is much to be done...
Last week's Senate bill, co-sponsored by Democrats Frank Moss of Utah and Warren Magnuson of Washington, requires states to meet specific no-fault standards within four years or else adopt an even more stringent federal plan. To meet the minimum requirements, insurance companies must pay all medical and rehabilitation expenses of their injured customers, compensate victims for lost wages up to a maximum that ranges from $17,000 to $35,000 a year (depending on the state's income levels), and pay funeral expenses for a driver killed in a crash. The companies must also foot...