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...Death with dignity" has become a recurrent phrase in the ethical deliberations of recent years. But this ethic usually is cited in the context of euthanasia, or mercy killing, as in the much-publicized case of Karen Quinlan, rather than in the context of capital crimes. Until Gilmore's request, the responsibility for determining society's role in the fulfillment of an individual's death-wish had been largely confined to doctors in sanitary hospital halls. Now jurists sitting in oak-panelled courtrooms must also contemplate the question...
...mentioned above, the task ahead of Israeli leaders is formidable. It will be difficult to create the proper context for a pro-Palestinian proposal. The populace must be agreeable, and the opposition of specific groups must be overcome. The Israelis are also concerned about the other participants in the negotiations. To date, they have refused to deal with the PLO. But recently, new, young radical leaders--radical by Israeli standards--have risen in the West Bank region and have commanded some respect. They could provide a stronger link between Israel and the PLO leadership...
...fulfilled, could open the path to real self-discovery. It is this edge of minority student demands that caused them, in almost every instance, to separate their protests from those of the white students, even though their positions were often very similar. When the demands were made in the context of dramatic and well-publicized sit-ins, demonstrations and building or office takeovers, many observers were shocked at this separation. Rumblings of "Black Power" conjured knives and race riots in the guilt-ridden and fear-filled minds of many whites. Elitist and reactionary commentators began to claim that their fears...
CHALLENGING COMMON ASSUMPTIONS of what a "historic building" is, America's Forgotten Architecture attacks stereotypes of history and architecture. Both, the authors realize, need to be seen not as the works of individuals, but as processes that acquire meaning only in a greater context. History is not the creations of Great Men, nor architecture that of Architects; the anonymous designer of a row of 1830's workers' houses in Alabama, and the workers who lived in them shaped the past and influenced the present as much as the Southern aristocrats who lived in mansions nearby. Frame cottages are as important...
...clear, for the reality was that blacks, like Asian-Americans, face one almost impenetrable barrier to total assimilation: their physical appearance. The situation of an Asian-American is therefore not the same as that of a rural midwesterner, as some have argued in objection to the demand. In this context, it is clear that Asian-Americans should not only be invited to participate in events designed to ease the process of assimilation, but should also be deemed a minority by the University. This would help to alleviate the effect of non-recognition, which is--according to Fred Houn, a member...