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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are about 10,000 other Americans in Nancy Jobes' predicament, a hopeless twilight known to doctors as a "permanent vegetative state." For their families, they are a constant source of anguish, and there is a tremendous financial burden (as much as $100,000 a year, usually paid by insurance). These patients pose a knotty ethical dilemma for doctors as well --a conflict between the duty to sustain life and the obligation to relieve suffering. With few professional guidelines to help them resolve the conflict, doctors have frequently decided to continue treatment because of their moral qualms or fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: To Feed Or Not to Feed? | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Brenda Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) is MacLeod's modern lover. She figures out MacLeod's identity, but is otherwise merely the fair maiden in constant distress, waiting for her four-century old knight in shining armour to rescue...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Ancient Swords and Modern Silliness | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

Despite his moments of doubt, Blair's provided a constant level of play throughout his career...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Taking It For Granted | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...living quarters. Aquino was thus forced to continue operating out of the Manila building owned by her family, which, with its cramped waiting rooms, had barely sufficed as a campaign headquarters. Clad in trademark yellow, Aquino met last Friday with TIME's Hong Kong bureau chief Sandra Burton. Amid constant interruptions, she reviewed the heady days behind and the challenges ahead. Excerpts from the interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: President Corazon Aquino | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...remote locations is one way for a network to demonstrate its uniqueness. Still, major trips will probably remain special occasions, at least for the near future. "We have to pick our opportunities carefully," says Bill Wheatley, executive producer of the NBC Nightly News. "We can't be a constant road show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Everywhere But in Manila | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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