Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Passed by a 43-to-25 vote in the California assembly after a bitter fight, the bill gained significant support in the wake of the case of Karen Anne Quinlan, the New Jersey girl who slipped into an apparently irreversible coma. Karen's parents spent six months battling for her right to die with dignity.* Though the California bill specifically disavows "mercy killing" and allows anyone designated by the patient to rescind the death directive, California's pro-life forces strenuously opposed the measure as the first step toward euthanasia. Said one Democratic assemblyman, Vincent Thomas: "The trend...
Nine minutes later, Lucy Wood took a pass from Karen Linsley and had her shot deflected. Gwill York recovered the ball and fired a shot that the goalie blocked, but York then scooped in her own rebound to make the score...
Showing an abundance of new-found talent and confidence, the Radcliffe eleven dominated the first 15 minutes of play that climaxed with freshman Jenny Stone scoring with an assist from Karen Linsley...
Nineteen stickwomen returned for the first day of practice, including nine letterpeople from last year: captain Anne Dupuis, Abby Homans, Mary Howard, Maureen Mason, Marjorie Williams, Lucy Wood, Gwill York, Anna Jones and Karen Linsley...
...Anthony. Thomson's score is a bright crazy quilt of American folk tunes, gospel hymns, marches and sentimental ballads that evoke pungent memories of an earlier time. Stein's libretto is her customary trenchant blend of logic with nonsense, historical characters like Lillian Russell (sung by Karen Beck) with imaginary figures like the mobile angel (Ashley Putnam). Snippets of political speeches are intercut with Stein's excursions into absurdities. "I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertaking," Susan B. accuses. "Daniel Webster needs an artichoke," reports the angel, scooting by on her skates...