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...list was down 1.10 to 558.11. Buffeted by heavy selling of technology stocks, the Nasdaq composite index fell 11.58 to 1,019.70. Gold was down 30 cents to $384.25.Photographs: Simpson pool photo by Rick Meyer/REUTERS Crash from RTV/REUTERS Jerusalem by Jim Hollander/REUTERS Persian Gulf soldier by Hayne Palmour/AP Kevorkian by Steve Liss for TIME Dole by Scott Troyanos/AP Chain gang by Christopher Bell/Huntsville Times-AP Gates by Robert Sorbo/AP
...Supreme Court refused Dr. Jack Kevorkian's last-ditch plea to avoid prosecution forassisting two suicides and three attempted suicidesby terminally-ill patients. The Justices, without comment, rejected the retired Michigan pathologist's appeal of a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution creates no right to assisted suicide.TIME law reporter Andrea Sachssays the doctor's setback will have minimal impact on the movement, which will continue to seek to expand legal rights in this area: "Dr. Kevorkian has ricocheted in and out of court so much that people now see him as a lone ranger." Kevorkian, who has aided...
...seat in the House as a duck blind from which to take potshots at the Administration. His weapon of choice is the rhetorical blunderbuss. The Clinton presidency is not merely flawed; it is a "train wreck." The health plan was not simply misguided; it amounted to a "Dr. Kevorkian prescription." And the Congressional Budget Office is not just a poor source of economic data; basing conclusions on its figures is "like relying on the Flintstones for an understanding of the Stone...
...second biggest story from the weekend was the football team's 35-27 comeback win over Colgate. OK, it was only Colgate, but the nature of the win merited attention: two fourth-quarter touchdowns by a quarterback whose last name would suggest a blood relationship to Jack Kevorkian is no mean accomplishment...
...instance, extols the aural experience of listening to eight-track tapes. ANSWER Me!, on the other hand, claims to tap "primal longings for violence," according to its 33-year-old publisher, Jim Goad. Issues have contained the text of an actual phone conversation between euthanasia advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian and a woman pretending to be terminally ill (in reality, Goad's wife), as well as articles about the North American Man/Boy Love Association, a pro-pedophilia organization. Goad is about to publish "The Rape Issue," which includes such articles as "Let's Hear It for Violence Toward Women." An admirer...