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Doctors could speak more openly with patients about prognosis and mention comfort care when a serious illness is first diagnosed--even as traditional treatments are explored. Then, if a cure isn't found, advises Dr. Fred Meyers, who chairs the department of internal medicine at the University of California at Davis, "be honest and say, 'I don't think I can cure you, but I'm not going to abandon you; you're going to get good consultation, we'll take care of your symptoms and take care of your family...
...dreaming out the window and ask the shrill, predictable question, "Roger, would you care to rejoin the class?" I would think, "Not really," as I swiveled reluctantly toward Planet Earth. Being an apolitical junkie, I feel the same way in this season, which is an unacceptable (not to mention unemployable) position for a journalist. From time to time, I try to be interested in what they are saying--the specialists on TV and in the papers who are lecturing on Bush, Gore, Tecumseh, the tundra, [pi]r2. (Shouldn't it be "pi is squared"?) But a blind man could...
...Take the gory pictures of aborted fetuses off the street corners and into the classrooms, so students understand what is at risk when they choose to have sex. Bring teenage mothers into classrooms, as well as those who have had abortions, to talk about their experiences. Perhaps most important, mention abstinence but spend time describing in detail how condoms and other contraceptives work--and make them freely available...
...promising class of freshmen that has been able to step in and make an impact right away. By combining those rookies with the returning members from last year's darling of the Ivy League, Wheaton believes he has achieved the perfect blend of youth and experience, not to mention a roster that boasts talent all the way down...
...voice often cracked by remembered pain. Once selected for the Kindertransports, these kids had just days to pack their bags and say what some of them knew was their final farewells to their parents. The latter tried desperately to cram a lifetime's moral instruction, not to mention unsunderable love, into those hasty moments. One of the film's most heartbreaking stories is of a father who, running alongside a departing train, could not bear the separation. He yanked his daughter through an open window - and ultimately into a concentration camp. She survived...