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...cultural dishonesty that we can never rise above: the President "didn't inhale," heh heh. It's O.K. to drink till you puke, but you mustn't ever smoke the vile weed, heh heh. One of the hardest things a parent can ever tell a bright and questioning teen- ager -- after all the relevant sermonizing, of course -- is, Well, just don't get caught...
...After losing in Iowa, the DeBoers tried to move the case to Michigan, and won their first victory. Last February, Judge William Ager of the Michigan Circuit Court, concerned that Jessica might never recover from losing the only parents she had ever known, ruled that she should stay where she was. He told the Schmidts that he understood their pain -- but that "prolonging this battle is going to have a terrible effect on this child." If they gave her up, he told them, they would be heroes, sacrificing their heart's desire for the sake of their child's well...
...dragged on. In March the state appeals court threw out Judge Ager's ruling, saying Michigan had no right to ignore the Iowa rulings. On July 1, the state's highest court confirmed, 6 to 1, that Michigan had no jurisdiction in the case and that Jessica would have to be returned to the Schmidts in a month...
...parents now have three weeks to make their preparations. The DeBoers say they are setting up a college fund for Jessica and are trying to ensure that she will get continued psychological monitoring and support. Last Friday lawyers for the two couples met behind closed doors with Judge Ager to work out the details of the transfer. The arrangement remained private, but the meeting was more cordial than past sessions. "I think what is dramatic about today is we all turned our attention to an event we know is going to occur and we all now focused on what...
CITIZEN KANE. Orson Welles' masterpiece, a detective thriller about a missing sled, is 50 years old and back in movie theaters, its freshness, wit, breadth and daring intact. What Cecilia Ager said on its release still applies: "It's as if you'd never seen a movie before...