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...mechanical means," says Dr. Robert Veatch of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, is "lots and lots." Doctors in such cases often act alone and disconnect life-supporting machinery. "It is done all the time," says New Jersey Neurological Surgeon Arthur Winter. In Denver Anna Mair made the decision two years ago after her son David, 10, had been hit by a truck. Realizing that he would "never be anything but a shell," she told doctors to let him die. Sometimes, as in the Quinlan case, the parents find the doctor unwilling, either for ethical reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Right to Live--or Die | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...There she goes! Miss A-mair-i-ca!" And so she usually went, as full of creamy sweetness as a marshmallow sundae, still tingling from her exertions on the vibraharp. This time, though the corn was still as high as Bert Parks's eye, somebody changed the stereotype in Atlantic City's Convention Hall. The diadem of Miss America 1966 went to Kansas' uncorny Deborah Bryant, 19, a brown-haired beauty who would look at home on the fashion pages of Town and Country. Eight pounds lighter (115) and one inch taller (5 ft. 7 in.) than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 24, 1965 | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

...Mair and Neil Castaldo, with 18 points apiece, paced the Indians, who remained ensconced in last place in the League...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McClung Breaks Scoring Records As Five Rolls Over Indians, 95-76 | 3/5/1964 | See Source »

Taking the ball to the left of the keyhole Scully streaked down the middle and twisted in an underhand lay-up. Madden scored again for Dartmouth and Vic Mair hit two foul shots to bring Dartmouth within two of the lead. By this time the small but lively reading period crowd was yelling at the referee when he tied his shoelace--a sure sign of health...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Quintet Shades Dartmouth, 59-55 Scully Sets Pace | 1/17/1963 | See Source »

...Auld Hornie, nae sooner is the lad in Oban than he spies a paughty lass wi' a weel-rounded doup. Och. but when he attempts to hae a crack wi' her, she snashes him back an' ca's him nae mair than a bluntie blellum. The neist lass he meets is a scroggie auld scaul' that snowks him out for a slidd'ry jaukiner from Ireland bent on houghmagandie (or waur), an' she gaes scraichin' to the bobbie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Blype o' Clishmaclaver | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

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