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...Breach of Ethics...
...agree with Drs. Curran and Cass-cells [Feb. 4] that for physicians to be involved in administering lethal injections in cases of capital punishment "would constitute a cruel and unusual breach of medical ethics." The Hippocratic oath-already eroded by legalized abortion -would be further undercut, and the physician's historic mission as healer would again be compromised by such a death-dealing task...
...very much a legally enforceable contract. In their terse nine-page opinion, Chief Justice Warren Burger and the other five men in the majority noted that Snepp had "deliberately" violated his "obligation" to his former employer, and that the Government was well within its rights to sue him for breach of contract. Moreover, said the majority, a lower court had acted perfectly properly in ordering Snepp to "disgorge the benefits of his faithlessness." That meant Snepp had to turn over all of the money he had made ($115,000 so far) from Decent Interval...
...Knight skipped away from his family's company to join a valued St. Louis client, Emerson Electric, of which he soon became chief executive. Father was furious. The breach has healed in the seven years since then, in part because Chuck Knight has shown how well he learned his lessons. Emerson is on most short lists of the best-managed companies in the country, and, with its sales having risen steadily to $2.6 billion last year, it is challenging bigger General Electric and Westinghouse in many product areas. Now 44, Knight is one of the youngest chairmen...
WHILE INVOKING a boycott to demonstrate our disapproval of Soviet violations of human rights, we ourselves breach the rights of our athletes. Those who will compete on our national team have sacrificed scholastics and career options in order to train for these Olympics. Since the United States does not support our athletes until they have made the national team, they must pay the expenses of training and traveling that are necessary when aspiring to reach Olympic competition. These individuals not only sweat through grueling training, but also suffer the financial woes of supporting themselves. The U.S. has developed a system...