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...affirmed the policy that had so exercised the President, a Health and Human Services Department order directing the states to help pay for abortions for low-income women in cases of rape or incest. The states, including many that finance abortions liberally, are in an uproar over it. They contend that the Federal Government should only rarely dictate rules to the states and that serious consultation should take place when such mandates are considered -- as one of the President's own Executive Orders directs. Beyond the absence of dialogue -- HHS's bolt came without warning and flew in the face...
...over 45 exercise their perpetual rights to fatherhood, marrying and remarrying, having first and second families, without challenge to their right to do so. When it is a man having the baby, few seem to question whether the stress will be too much for the old geezer. One could contend that the assertion that a child is worse off with a mother who may die before the child is grown than a father who might is an argument for more equal parenting...
...controversial restoration of the chapel's 33-panel ceiling, which includes God's finger touching Adam's, was finished in 1989. Though some critics contend the process produced undesirable changes in color, the majority think it revealed the original hues used by Michelangelo in their pristine state. The Judgment, probably the world's most important example of fresco -- a technique that involves applying water-based pigments to a still wet plaster wall -- has not been seen by the public since 1990, when it was hidden behind draped scaffolding. As with the ceiling, its cleaner and brighter look, once revealed...
Princeton, for its part, also looks tough this season. While not expected to give Penn a real challenge for the League title, the Tigers have run up a 4-3 record, losing only to Vanderbilt, Tulane and LaSalle, all of which will contend for NCAA berths...
After both teams scored five points to begin the second half, Harvard finally started to show why it was picked to contend for the Ivy title. After a power move by Butler (who had a dominating 13-point, eight-rebound second half to finish with 16 and 11) brought the Crimson to within one, senior co-captain Cara Frey (14 points, four assists) magically used the hardwood on a 30 foot bounce pass that freed a streaking Proudfit for a layup...