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ORDERED SEPARATED. "JODIE" AND "MARY," seven-week-old conjoined twins; by the Court of Appeal; in London. Doctors want to detach Mary, born without a working heart or lungs, from Jodie, who they believe can live a nearly normal life. This will kill Mary, but unless separated, both girls will die. Their parents say the operation is against God's will. They may appeal further...
...sort of baby," say doctors who testified before British high-court judge Robert Johnson. Mary's life depends on Jodie's heart and lungs, and the strain will probably give Jodie heart failure and kill them both in three to six months. Thus the agonizing dilemma: Should surgeons detach Mary, certainly killing her, to let Jodie live a relatively normal life? Or must they do nothing to harm Mary and stand by while both certainly...
...month. Since parents don't watch over their guns very well, the data suggest stricter laws will reduce kids' access to guns, reduce the number of kids who use guns and ultimately save lives. I encourage Oppenheim and Taub not to fall back on standard pro-gun rhetoric, detach from emotion and look at the facts and, as concerned citizens, recognize that fewer guns are better for America...
...encourage Oppenheim and Taub not to fall back on standard pro-gun rhetoric, detach from emotion and look at the facts and, as concerned citizens, recognize that fewer guns are better for America...
...Dylan, a legend himself, declared that Elvis "steps from the pages" of the predecessor to this book, Last Train to Memphis, and much the same can be said of this one. The most impressive quality of this book is Guralnick's ability to depict Elvis' life and detach the real person, a flawed yet well-intentioned human being, from the frozen images that make up his legend. The main flaw of this book is not one of flawed research but of excessive enthusiasm; he tells the reader more of Elvis' "sad story" than he or she may want to know...