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...citizens to be vaccinated, quarantine those suspected of having a contagious disease, take over hospitals and physicians' offices and seize and destroy property deemed a threat to public health. Since January at least 30 states have considered adopting all or part of the model law, but they've run headfirst into a motley coalition of civil liberties groups, religious conservatives, free-marketeers and gay-rights activists. As a result, many states have begun to decide they don't want that much power after all. So far only Utah has passed a version of the law, according to the American Legislative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Quarantine, Meet Miss Liberty | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

Take skeleton. It was a Mr. Cornish who decided to take the St. Moritz track headfirst during the 1887 tobogganing Grand National. So not only is skeleton not new, it is downright hallowed and has been in the Olympics before, most recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side Of Loony | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Olympics in Hitler's Germany, became the patriarch of the nation's first family of three generations of Olympians. His son competed in three skiing events in 1964, and a month ago, his grandson earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic skeleton team, in which sledders go headfirst down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 4, 2002 | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

...Take skeleton. It was a Mr. Cornish who decided to take the St. Moritz track headfirst during the 1887 tobogganing Grand National. So not only is skeleton not new, it is downright hallowed and has been in the Olympics before, most recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side of Loony | 2/3/2002 | See Source »

...tolled with barely three minutes remaining. The feisty 5’3 forward led a brilliant rush down the left side of the ice, sending a beautfiul centering pass to the incoming Crum. The 5’2 center poked the puck in before being tripped up and sliding headfirst into freshman B.C. goalie Lisa Davis...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CONTRIBUTING WEINFELD | Title: Corriero's Hat Trick Leads W. Hockey Rout | 12/5/2001 | See Source »

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