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...problem was that the crucial and defining fact that Roosevelt conducted his presidency from a wheelchair became a forgotten footnote to the White House proceedings and, indeed, to the whole memorial idea. In the warm glow of the White House it was easy to ignore the growing clamor at the gates about a memorial that is taking $42 million in tax money and has no depiction of Franklin Roosevelt in a wheelchair. (Or, for that matter, of Eleanor's fur stole, now considered too controversial...
...blame for this situation? Does the admissions staff have a penchant for admitting wierd people? With the overwhelming number of talented students who clamor for admission, perhaps only the misfits stand out. Or maybe Harvard's demanding academic environment brings out the worst qualities in its students. Kaczynski's frustration with a math problem set may have led him to vent his frustration on academics from coast to coast. Or perhaps scheduling final exams before Christmas would prevent Harvard from being responsible for nuturing more accused murderers...
...Telecommunications Act, which will require new TV sets to have the V chip, a device that enables parents to block out objectionable shows. Though network executives have long opposed government efforts to meddle in programming, claiming it would violate their First Amendment rights, they bowed to the growing clamor for giving parents more control over what their kids are watching...
Heeding the public clamor for cleaner government, the House gave final approval to a sweeping reform bill on lobbying and sent it to the President, who has said he will sign it. The legislation imposes strict registration rules on lobbyists, requiring them to disclose their clients, the issues they have worked on and the money they have been paid...
Despite increasing public clamor, the right-to-die-with-dignity movement has yet to make a practical difference in the way Americans are dying. A major and disturbing study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that the desires of terminally ill patients who want to forgo heroic life-prolonging treatment are being routinely frustrated because their wishes are misunderstood by doctors (at best) or ignored (at worst...