Word: constant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...terrible problem arises when the prisoner can create no inner freedom for respite. Elizabeth Bouvia, a 29-year-old California woman confined to a % hospital bed by cerebral palsy, in constant pain, unable to control her body, has for several years been suing to make her doctors stop force-feeding her and allow her to die. Her hopeless condition has thrown her back upon her last freedom--the freedom to decide to die--and even that freedom has so far been denied...
...rest of the lightweight boat is a constant, with Kevin Bedell as seven-man, Jim Himes at five, Dave Berger at four, Chris Wendland at three, Trip Switzer at two, and Duncan Robbins in bow. Marty Katz will cox the varsity for the second race in a row after a mid-season shake-up that resulted in veteran Ogan Gurel leaving the team...
...Miller had taken over the writing as well, and Daredevil gradually became a phenomenon in the insular comic industry. He rejected the constant parade of outrageous costumed villains with apocalyptic visions and pitted Daredevil against an array of criminals, killers, and thieves whose wrongs were small, banal, realistic...
...Students] are a constant source of interestand delight, stimulating our own intellects andchallenging our talents," Mimi Aloian wrote
Meanwhile, the din at the Grand Canyon seems to be growing louder. Hikers claim that the thwack-thwack and droning of aircraft echo constantly through the canyon. During a five-hour walk from an overlook known as Hermit's Rest to a station near Cope's Butte, one observer counted 16 helicopters, 36 fixed- wing planes and twelve jets. The constant barrage yielded few moments of uninterrupted serenity and nothing resembling hermitism. "They remind me of a bunch of little gnats, just swarming all around," says Sharon Galbreath, who chairs the Grand Canyon branch of the Sierra Club. Concurs Fred...