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...came under new scrutiny in March, when the Supreme Court allowed a 14-year-old rape victim to have her pregnancy medically terminated in Britain. In a three-part referendum, voters overwhelmingly decided to legalize that previously unlawful option by permitting women to travel abroad for abortions and obtain information about how to do so. But a constitutional amendment allowing abortions to be performed in Ireland in cases where a mother's life is threatened was roundly defeated because both pro-choice and antiabortion forces decided to oppose...
...suspects were not arrested because Harvard police were able to obtain positive identification of all four students, Johnson said. The matter was, however, forwarded to the Yale College dean's office...
Ashe acknowledged that sometimes accurate information is difficult to obtain. "There is so much misinformation, distortion of facts," said Ashe...
...convince them that we have to give a part of the Golan to Israel? The United Nations charter prohibits the occupation of the land of other people. There is no moral, legal or political justification for the Arabs to offer their land to Israel simply to obtain Israel's agreement for peace. Otherwise, any state may feel it can swallow its neighbor...
...move into the big leagues. After a decade of rapid expansion, USAir has stalled, losing $973 million since 1989. Says George James, an airline-industry analyst: "Their situation is desperate. They have grown into an airline the size of a global carrier without global routes. If they don't obtain the British Airways deal, they will have to reduce their size back down to that of a regional commuter airline...