Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some tough injuries, most notable the loss of top-scoring Karen Lindsey, to ligament strains, have already taken some wind out of the Cliffe sails, However co-captain Diana Finch said yesterday, "The team's enthusiasm is really strong and both our conditioning and skills are much better than last year...
...children and their Roman Catholic parish priest. Father Thomas Trapasso advised them that there was "no moral obligation to use extraordinary means to sustain life when there is no realistic hope of some recovery." But when the Quinlans asked doctors to let their daughter die, the doctors refused. Karen was not a minor, they said, and they might be held responsible for her death...
...committed to his course, Karen's father concluded that "the courts would be the only way to get her off the machine"; he asked a judge in Morristown, N.J., to give him the right to authorize turning off the respirator. Last week the judge responded by asking the county prosecutor to show cause why he should not be barred from prosecuting if the machine were stopped. The judge also appointed a public defender to protect the unconscious girl's legal rights. But what are they? Is Karen Ann Quinlan alive or dead...
...court precedent. Though there are nominally three sides in the court action, all seem united in a desire to take this case on through the appeals courts to get a full and thoughtful legal resolution of the many issues. Her mother finds comfort in that, believing that God kept Karen alive "so that others could be helped...
Fetal Position. For now, the hospital is absorbing the medical cost, already more than $100,000. Meanwhile Karen's body is slowly curling into the fetal position, and she has lost 60 lbs. Though she does not respond, the Quinlans visit twice a day, and Mrs. Quinlan talks quietly to her. "I don't believe I could go to bed without saying something to her," she says. "Just like saying good night, you know, to your other children...