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...injured, Johnson played all five positions, and somehow in his rookie season conjured a victory out of thin air. But even when the Most Valuable Player awards and championships became commonplace, and the miraculous expected, Johnson worked overtime to transcend all expectation, developing a three-point shot that was lethal, practicing free throws till he became the best in the league. It was not simply his ability that made him a star but his determination as well to recast and expand that ability daily...
...retired Michigan pathologist who appeared on every television talk show and news program in the country last year in the 24 hours after he helped Alzheimer's patient Janet Adkins commit suicide. He hooked her up to a homemade contraption that allowed her to push a button and send lethal potassium chloride into her veins. A Michigan judge chose not to prosecute Kevorkian for murder, since the state has no laws against assisted suicide, but forbade him to use the machine again. By last week, Dr. Death had found a way around that injunction...
...most recent recipients of his care were likewise from Michigan: Sherry Miller, 43, had multiple sclerosis, and Marjorie Wantz, 58, suffered from a painful pelvic disease. While her husband watched, Wantz received a lethal injection from a device similar to the one Adkins used. Miller, attended by her best friend, suffocated on carbon monoxide breathed through a mask. Neither one was a patient of Kevorkian's, and neither was terminally ill. The doctor was present throughout, said his lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger. "He provided the expertise. He provided the equipment...
Some leaders in the republics are almost surely thinking about more than just the trade-in value of all that lethal hardware in their midst. They may be asking themselves, What's the ultimate status symbol and guarantee of sovereignty in the late 20th century? One tempting, though dangerous answer: a nuclear arsenal of one's very...
Perhaps this was the vandals' intention. Even if it was not--if they underestimated the lethal potential of their actions, or if they had other intentions than to leave the sukkah standing precariously--the injury they could have caused cannot be ignored. The fact that there was no visible, emotional message does not mitigate the incident; to the contrary, intentionally creating danger and leaving no signal is far more hateful and pernicious...