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...wasn't really geared to the biological sciences," says Dr. G. Richard O'Connor '50, who was Coles' friend in medical school...
...those rare cases where nearly everyone can see both sides. But a decision finally had to be made, and on Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor came down in favor of Oregon's adoptees, upholding a never-enforced state law by refusing to block their access to birth records. The case wound up in O'Connor's hands when six Oregon women who had previously given children up for adoption challenged the state law, claiming it violated their right to privacy. Adoptee advocates fired back, insisting the law was critical to their basic right to know: Those health...
Wednesday, Oregon's health department workers were at work processing two-year-old requests from adoptees all over the state, and legal experts were left befuddled. After all, there is no legal precedent for O'Connor's decision. And, says TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders, "there is no right answer to this dilemma." On the one hand, Sanders explains, the right to privacy is critical to citizenship, and most birth mothers give up their children with the understanding that their identity will be fiercely and permanently protected. On the other hand, adoptees have an undeniable right to know their medical...
From costume balls to bingo, the QE2's entertainment package is pure nostalgia, often featuring performers like Tommy Steele, Des O'Connor and Fyvush Finkel, who, like much of their audience, have seen their best years but are still going strong. The ship's band plays classic Palm Court compositions from the romantic past. In the British-style pub, a sextet of middle-aged jazz musicians splendidly re-creates the New Orleans sound. Excerpts from Broadway and West End productions are scheduled to start in late May. "Where else," asks Scotsman Reg rhetorically, "can a wealthy senior citizen...
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