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Winona, who took the name Ryder when she started acting, would commute with her folks by car (they couldn't afford the airfare) to Los Angeles -- a nine- hour drive. The long haul was a blessing in disguise: because traveling was such an ordeal, Ryder turned down roles in many a cheesy horror film. Her debut, Lucas, made when she was 13, set the tone for her later choices. It was a sensible, sensitive tale of ordinary kids growing up. Soon she got her first two defining parts: in Beetlejuice and in Heathers, Daniel Waters' blistering portrait of suicidal teens...
...that he had screwed up his life. "It was frightening, that whole time, how much anger I had," he says. "Then the anger was directed toward me, so I had to take the blame for this whole situation I put myself into." A supportive family helped him through the ordeal. "Tim accepted it," says his mother. "He knew he deserved it, and he didn't fight it. Everyone in the family came out and rallied behind...
...soon to tell whether Trounson's technique will revolutionize the treatment of infertility. But the desperate couples who face the emotionally and financially draining ordeal of making a test-tube baby will be eager to find...
Last week Tailhook victim Paula Coughlin testified that President Bush "started to cry" when she told him about her ordeal. Surprising? Bush, though no match for our current President, is a frequent weeper...
...could I have?'... These are good questions." Perhaps they are--but if I were falsely accused of murder, I doubt I would thank my accusers for giving me the opportunity to reflect upon whether I was capable of killing someone. Nor would I expect others to justify my ordeal as a vehicle for consciousness-raising...