Word: die
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...girls were whisked off to a children's hospital in a nearby city. "We thought they were going to die," recalls Patty, who remained bedridden in the community hospital where she works, suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. Her sister, Sandy Fiecke, acted as her surrogate for several days at the children's hospital. She held the tiny girls for hours, offered them bottles and wore Patty's or Mike's sweatshirts so the girls would come to know their parents' scents. The task of informing friends and family fell to Mike. "It's pretty hard to explain to your...
...restrictions ("Don't catch more than three fish," "Please be careful with the chairs") on his freedom. Nevertheless, before Jimmy has the chance to act on his convictions, a typhoon appears on the horizon. With the destruction of the city imminent, Jimmy decides that, if he must die tomorrow, he will live this day to the fullest. The typhoon misses the city, but Jimmy's philosophy strikes a chord and the city, allowing everyone total freedom, descends to the deepest levels...
...women's roles as a mere fluke and not the sign of a shift in Hollywood. Others cite the increase in women directors, producers and executives, as well as the influence of stars like Emma Thompson and Nicole Kidman, who were pivotal in creating "Sense and Sensibility" and "To Die For." Note, however, that three of this year's nominated female actors--Elisabeth Shue and Sharon Stone for Best Actress, Mira Sorvino '90 for Best Supporting Actress--play prostitutes. Oscars have often gone to female actor in prostitute roles, including Jane Fonda, Susan Hayward and Elizabeth Taylor. Playing a prostitute...
This year there were so many Best Actress contenders that some of them had to be left out. Omitted from the list of nominees were Nicole Kidman, for her role as an overly ambitious newscaster in the black comedy "To Die For" and Jennier Jason Leigh, for her portrayal of a drug-addicted would-be rock star in "Georgia." Also missing is Vanessa Redgrave, who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in "A Month by the Lake." She was not expected to be an Oscar nominee, but I, for one, am of the opinion that every time Vanessa...
...decision, the first by a federal appeals court on assisted suicide, dramatically extends the right to die. "It advances it not by steps but by leaps," observes law professor Alan Meisel of the University of Pittsburgh. While previous decisions, most notably the Supreme Court's in the 1990 Cruzan case, have held that terminally ill patients can refuse medical treatment, the new ruling declares that they also have a right to seek assistance in dying from doctors--and pharmacists and family members...