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...danger, under penalty of life imprisonment for both mother and doctor. That, however, was never an issue. Unlike previous referendums in Spain (1982) and Italy (1981), which resulted in liberalization of tough abortion laws, this poll did not ask Irish voters to make such operations easier to obtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland: Trying to Slam the Door | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...more or less the same, whether at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts or at the early-warning centers of the Soviet air force's Far East command. When an unidentified aircraft- a "bogey" in military slang-appears on the radar screen, fighters are scrambled to intercept and obtain a visual would Even if potentially hostile, an intruder would be let alone as long area a remained outside national airspace, which is the area lying above a country's landmass and coastal waters. (It can extend from three to 200 miles out from the coast, depending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rules of the Game | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...joined the national board of SAEP just after its inception in 1980, and members credit him with raising corporate funds that are traditionally difficult to obtain, and securing a $2.7 million annual grant from AID. "Federal funds hang by a thread and corporate sponsors are not easy to find," says Donald Stewart, president of predominently Black Spelman College and a member of the SAEP board. "Bok has been very helpful in getting that kind of support...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: The Bok Alternative | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...amniocentesis usually cannot be done until the 16th or 17th week of pregnancy, when there is enough amniotic fluid to obtain a sample safely via a needle through the abdomen. Results are not available for another four weeks. Eager to avoid five months of anxious waiting, the two women volunteered for a new, early test of fetal health, under study at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Fisher had the procedure in her ninth week "and found out the next day that my baby did not have Tay-Sachs." Roehl also got good news, fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Gene Screen | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

...make it to Philadelphia? "Better Baby Video," a California-based spinoff, can provide the same lessons in a weeklong course offered primarily in West Coast cities. Some critics believe that a11 this mainly makes babies learn a few skills by rote, but it is difficult to obtain any scientific assessment of the five-year-old institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Babies Know? | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

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