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...terminally ill patient who then decides if and when to use it. Self-administration helps ensure that the patient is acting voluntarily. Other restrictions demand that the patient’s request for lethal medication be in writing and signed before two witnesses. Two physicians have to confirm that the patient suffers from “an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months...
...publicist. The Lampoon staffer speculates that “the Pudding is so secretive about the selection for Man and Woman of the Year for good reason. The Lampoon has played a significant and uncredited role in their work and still does.” Pudding members refused to confirm or deny whether there has been any collaboration between the two celebrity ass-kissing organizations...
...Enron’s collapse, costing employees and taxpayers billions of dollars, America needs answers. The Bush administration has emphasized that it did not rescue Enron and that its policy decisions were not unduly influenced by hefty campaign contributions from energy insiders. Therefore, we expect that disclosure would only confirm the administration’s integrity. In a recent ABC-Washington Post poll, 70 percent of Americans said they want full accounting of Enron’s failure. Now is no time to keep secrets from the American people...
...this could affect his chances for the top job. On the other hand, it may not hurt that Chartres, a cerebral member of the Church of England's An-glo-Catholic wing, is highly regarded by Prince Charles, who likes his traditionalist approach and asked Chartres - not Carey - to confirm Prince William. Also with a friend in the top job, Charles might find it easier eventually to marry Camilla Parker Bowles. Divorced couples are currently remarried in the church only at the discretion of the priest - another thorny issue waiting to ambush the Canterbury incumbent. Meanwhile, Chartres may take hope...
Through him ideas become verbally and nimbly alive. All but a bitter few of his colleagues can positively confirm his intellectual talent and academic merit. As his former student and grateful friend, I, along with countless others, can personally attest to his superhuman generosity, intellectual energy and kindness...