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...firm from a little-known private business into one that must operate under the merciless scrutiny of lawyers, analysts, competitors and investors. Sometimes the pressure is so great that the smooth running of the firm suffers. Says California Venture Capitalist Thomas Davis: "Baseball players have to perform when people boo and shout. Companies have got to learn to live with the conditions of life...
...quadriplegic since birth, 26-year-old Elizabeth Bouvia (pronounced Boo-vay) has lived a relatively full life, including marriage and a college education. In early September, after separating from her husband and deciding that she no longer wanted to be totally dependent on others for her daily care, she entered Riverside General Hospital and asked officials there to keep her comfortable while she starved herself to death. In mid-December, California Superior Court Judge John H. Hews ruled that Bouvia "does have the right to terminate her existence, but not .. . with the assistance of society." Three days later, Bouvia stopped...
...government also was heartened by the way Reagan handled the topic of human rights, a prickly issue between the two countries since the days of the Carter Administration. South Korean President Chun Boo Hwan sees dissent as grist for the propaganda mills of North Korea and thus tantamount to treason. Reagan has some sympathy for Chun's position, and during the visit he applauded South Korea for its "continued progress toward the broadening of democracy." At one point, during a reception at the U.S. embassy, the President's text called for him to mention "human rights." Aware that...
...Stabler joyfully in the process, while Houston contemplates 15 losses straight. The second Oiler coach since Phillips, Chuck Studley, says bafflingly, "We're certainly still in a position to go either way." Since Studley has been in charge scarcely three weeks and is yet too new to boo, the Houston Astrodome patrons have been brutalizing Quarterback Gifford Nielsen. They prefer Oliver Luck, Nielsen's wonderfully named understudy. Few players on any football team are as highly regarded by the public as the back-up quarterback...
Sixty Cambridge elementary school children descended on Kirkland House yesterday afternoon, starting off the Halloween weekend with a "Boo...