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...CASE OF the Commonwealth v. Kenneth C. Edelin, which the Massachusetts Supreme Court is now considering on appeal, has more to do with the rights of patients than it does with abstract definitions of birth and death. The conviction of Dr. Edelin for manslaughter following an abortion he performed on October 3, 1973 was the triumph of a zealous prosecutor in limiting women's right to abortion. Although stricter legislation on abortion in this state was passed in 1974, the Edelin conviction stands as a grim symbol for women who believe in abortion as a right...
...seem more like Death Valley than Commonwealth Avenue today as 2183 qualified runners and countless unofficial crashers battle high temperatures and muggy heat in the Boston Athletic Association's 80th Marathon...
...building another bridge Harvard put all its influence behind the idea. It was built in 1808. Finally, in 1846, with the construction of a fourth bridge the general court put an end to this craze for bridge-building. It arranged for the purchase of all four bridges by the Commonwealth to be used by the public toll-free...
...they probably could not help but envision dry, rent-producing land. The smell of the mudflats was even more compelling. In 1849 the Boston Board of Health declared that the Back Bay was positively unsanitary. A group called the Commissioners on the Back Bay was formed by a Commonwealth commission to study the area. They suggested that it be filled in. They produced a hand-some design for the new land, calling for four broad avenues intersected by smaller cross streets, but the state appropriated no money for the venture. That proved to be no obstacle: if they could...
...princess gave up Townsend. "Mindful of the Church's teaching that marriage is indissoluble," she announced, "and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others...