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...executive director of the Association of Quality Clubs, reports that 25% of his 1,550 member clubs offer seminars in nutrition, stress management and smoking cessation; 25% have weight-loss programs; and 12% provide courses in self-esteem. Among the more adventurous is the Saw Mill River Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., which conducts lectures on self-healing and hypnosis and occasionally brings in a sex therapist for a panel discussion...
...most of her family's treasure trove of funds -- allegedly looted from the nation -- remains frozen pending the outcome of four civil suits in the U.S., Marcos nonetheless remains relatively free to wield influence. Were Marcos to come home, Aquino fears she would use her fortune and following to mount a political challenge to the democratic government, perhaps even run for President. That, say observers, may be just what it takes to persuade Aquino to run for a second term...
Though most states let parents or guardians make such decisions according to their best judgment, New York, Maine and Missouri demand "clear and convincing evidence" -- such as a living will. Mount Vernon, Mo., happens to be where Cruzan lies helpless. The main question now, said Rehnquist, was whether Missouri had a right to impose such requirements. The majority decided that because of the state's powerful interest in the preservation of life and the "obvious and overwhelming finality" of such life-and-death decisions, the state did have that right...
...Mount Graham red squirrel One of 25 subspecies, it has pitted conservationists against astronomers who want to build an observatory atop Arizona's Mount Graham...
...world: government grants are seven times as large as those in France, about 25 times as large as those in Britain and roughly 100 times as large as federal grants in the U.S. As a result, nearly 200 repertory troupes spread among more than 100 cities each mount as many as 25 productions a season, often with a multitude of bit players, plus sets and costumes more elaborate than any nonmusical play receives on Broadway or even in London. Where many creative choices made in U.S. or British theater seem blatantly pragmatic, German productions give the impression that every aesthetic...