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...that he has lost custody of his kids. Indeed, most of Mercury Falling deals with loss, longing and epiphany. On its best cut, I Was Brought to My Senses, Sting sings, "...And inside every turning leaf/ Is the pattern of an older tree ...Every signpost in nature/ Said you belong...
...with all the other sharing they must do day in and day out--a sharing of a more profound and intimate nature than most of us can imagine. The two hands that meet in a high five, offer fingers for counting and clasp their adored parents in an embrace belong to a single body. Abby controls the right limbs, Britty the left. Although they have separate necks and heads, separate hearts, stomachs and spinal cords, they share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist. In medical terms, they are known as "conjoined twins." In human terms, though, they...
...pink, deferential Brit in the now empty Park Avenue living room is to upper-class America what buzzards once were to luckless prospectors in Arizona. When the famous die, the salesmen perk up--but the trouble is that the really good art and antiques do not necessarily belong to the really famous. Ergo, find a way of using their fame to endorse their possessions, and turn the sale into a relic hunt...
...COURAGE OF WHISTLE-BLOWERS Galatis and Betancourt in fighting for quality and safety in the nuclear-power industry is inspiring. To the Georges, I say please don't give up--you belong with the true heroes of this country. ALLAN BAZZOLI Mount Vernon, Ohio...
...above examples, we believe such decisions belong to the mother in question because she is the one most affected by the situation. Because she is to deliver and have ultimately responsibility for the child, she has greater decision-making status than both the father and the state. Society has no claim on the individual, must less on a fetus yet to become an individual, that trumps the individual's right to privacy in decision making. It is precisely because the mother knows what is the best situation for her and for the unborn fetus in her womb that...