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...code. Yet days before the ballot, word came down from the White House to vote no. Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, declared that U.S. aid programs would continue to encourage breast feeding, but that the WHO limit on infant-formula advertising "has grave constitutional problems for us-we couldn't adopt it here at home, and we couldn't recommend it for anyone else." Furthermore, claims Abrams, the code could so restrict availability of infant formula that "the health of children may actually suffer." Legal scholars might disagree about the gravity of those...
Although he was careful not to talk about the referendum itself, the Pope had made clear his opposition to abortion as last week's vote drew nearer. Said he: "The church considers every legislation in favor of abortion as a grave offense against the fundamental rights of man and against the divine commandment 'Thou shalt not kill.' " Consequently, John Paul was criticized by liberal and moderate politicians and newspapers for transgressing the boundary between church and state...
...temperature remained near normal. He was in considerable pain, predictably, as the doctors explained. There is always a danger of complicating infections that sometimes develop after major abdominal injuries. To reduce that risk the doctors dosed him with antibiotics. Said Crucitti: "I do not hide that the situation is grave and the next few days will give us the answer, which we hope will be favorable." If there is no crisis, in several days the Pope will probably begin drinking liquids and eating semisolid food. Even before the colon is rejoined, he should start light exercise like walking and resume...
...issue is so certain to rile the normally subdued Swedes as taxes. With reason. The average Swedish worker must turn over about half of his earnings to finance the cradle-to-grave welfare society, and for the self-employed the tax bite frequently exceeds 85% of income. Historian Sven Stolpe was so disgusted by his tax assessment that he threatened to burn all his unpublished manuscripts. An actor even set himself ablaze last March outside Stockholm's tax office. But most Swedes have chosen a less extreme alternative: the ballot box. In 1976 they turned out the Social Democratic...
...reporting live on a story that was unfolding in Rome while most of their foreign crews were concentrated in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Early medical bulletins on the Pontiff swung wildly between Vatican reports that he was "serene and conscious" and hospital characterizations of his condition as "grave." Says NBC News Senior Executive Producer Les Crystal: "There was the problem of getting accurate and complete information. It's hard enough in your own country, but it was compounded by the language barrier...