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...denounced as a "typical Galician Jew" - no matter that he was neither. His deceptively childlike yet technically sophisticated work was branded "degenerate," "subversive" and "insane." Within months he was suspended from his teaching job at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf, and he reluctantly left Germany for Bern, where he had grown up. Then, in 1936, he was diagnosed with an incurable auto-immune disease which causes internal paralysis - including the constriction of blood vessels - and hardening of the skin. Yet after a brief period in which he was almost unable to work, the 57-year-old artist...
...opinion that life has become unbearable means depending on a decision that could change. "The wish to die is certainly not enough. I have had many people in my office saying 'Please, let me die.' In many cases, there was a solution," says Thomas Schlaepfer, a psychiatry professor at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. Legislation to tighten the rules on assisted suicide is wending its way through Swiss parliament, but passage is at least a year off. In the meantime, Zurich authorities may at least try to push groups like Dignitas out of residential areas by categorizing them with...
...than a century, but its new owner, Charming Shoppes, a plus-size retailer, opened 60 outlets last year, for a total of 696. Today 70% of the parent firm's $2.5 billion in revenues flow from the purses of the rubenesque. "Our customer is the average woman," says Dorrit Bern, Charming Shoppes CEO, "not the minority...
...medical professional confirms the terminal diagnosis. Dignitas recently caused an uproar when it was reported that the organization had helped several mentally ill people take their own lives. "Someone suffering from depression may not be capable of making a rational decision," argues Thomas Schläpfer, a psychiatrist at Bern University Hospital. "Suicidal impulse is not uncommon in people with severe mental disorders and they see Dignitas as an easy, clean way out. It is morally and ethically wrong to help them die." Minelli defends Dignitas' action, saying psychological pain can be just as wrenching as physical suffering. "There...
However, Coach Bern Noack’s quick reflexes and calm handling of the situation allowed him to guide both the van carrying the seamen and the damaged trailer to the side of the road...