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Dates: during 1980-1989
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COVER: Against a backdrop of tempestuous change, Bush and Gorbachev hold a "productive" first summit...
Gorbachev picked up the beat. When he arrived, he noted, "The naval ships have come on a mission of peace. This symbolism gives expression to the radical changes now sweeping the world as it shifts from confrontation." When wind forced the first meeting to be moved to the dockside Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky, Gorbachev remarked wryly, "The first thing to do is to eliminate those ships you cannot board in this kind of weather. We will have a secret agenda in this way to disarm the Sixth Fleet." That's the whole point, but it is quicker said than...
...Supreme Court takes up the case of Nancy Cruzan and considers for the first time whether a family may stop the artificial sustenance of a helplessly ill and totally unaware patient...
Havel quickly called for a recess. After consulting with his delegation for 25 minutes, Adamec reconvened the group and agreed to virtually every request except the call for the immediate resignation of his government. Next day Czechs watched in amazement the first ever live-television broadcast of a session of the national parliament. By a vote of 309 to 0, the legislators struck down infamous Article 4 of the constitution, which enshrines the "leading role" of the Communist Party...
This week the family will direct its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court, and for the first time draw the nation's highest court into the murky legal and ethical seas that surround the notion of a right to die. What the Justices decide will directly affect Cruzan. It will also set some legal boundaries for addressing the plight of the 10,000 other people in the U.S. lingering in a persistent vegetative state. Ultimately, the ruling could have an impact on the 7 out of 10 Americans who can someday expect to confront questions of life-sustaining medical care...