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...growth in the movement has raised other alarms with pro-choice groups. They point out that while counselors at crisis pregnancy centers lay out the physical and psychological risks associated with abortion, they don't mention that the risk of death in childbirth is 12 times as high and that many women who get abortions experience only relief. Both sides talk about the importance of complete information and informed consent, then argue over what that means. Each side challenges the other's motives: pro-life activists say abortionists are in business for the money and don't care about women...
...Clinton's presidency ended before the power plants could be completed, and the projects today are derelict--evidence, in Pyongyang's eyes, of Washington's bad faith. But those who defend the Agreed Framework say that if Bush had followed through, six years of dangerous saber rattling--not to mention Kim's successful testing of a nuclear device--may have been avoided...
...early days of their settlement in Canada, the anecdotes seem arbitrary and perfunctory, ending before they begin. There is little sense of place or vivid evocation of experience, and Munro’s attempts to imaginatively create an inner life for her characters seem flat. There is mention of a brother’s friendship with a rich man’s ailing young daughter aboard the ship, and of a son’s bitter grief over his father’s death, but partly because there are so many characters—brothers, sisters, cousins, in-laws?...
...their 20s and 30s will be purchasing chocolate on Valentine's. Women spend about $20 for their truffle-worthy honmei, and an obligatory $6 each for their sweet-toothed coworkers, of which the average Japanese female knows six. That roughly comes out to $56 per woman, not to mention the accompanying gifts ($66 on average) and the fancy dinners that she pays...
...South in the American Civil War”—has had on her work as an administrator. She said that the book influenced the way she thought about ways to bring about reform at Radcliffe. As the interview came to a close, Faust took the opportunity to mention the factors which, in her opinion, make Harvard one of the nation’s leading and most influential universities. Faust said that Harvard allows students to realize “how extraordinary people can be,” adding that students who graduate from Harvard know that...