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...second time in about a month, Philip Morris was socked with a big jury verdict on Tuesday when an Oregon jury in Portland awarded a record $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades. The decision comes on top of the $51.5 million awarded against the company in February to a smoker with inoperable lung cancer. "This is not good news for tobacco," says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. "The Oregon case is the kind of case that anyone could have brought." And that fact, perhaps more than...
...first time in Harvard history, two wrestlers have earned All-American honors in the same season. With these outstanding performances, the Crimson tied Oregon State for a 20th place finish, bettering last year's 29th place and placing them among the nation's elite...
...loss placed Killar in the fourth round of the wrestlebacks, where he defeated Sean Morgan of Oregon 3-1. Killar then posted a 6-4 victory over Edinboro's Mark Samples in the quarterfinals...
...Sophomore Brad Soltis--in the 197-pound division--was the third Harvard wrestler to earn a berth to Nationals after an outstanding second place finish at EIWAs. Soltis was tested right away as he faced Oregon's No. 11 seed Chael Sonnen in the first round. After being pinned by Sonnen, Soltis put up a strong showing against Mike French of Cal Poly but was unable to garner the victory...
...treated adequately.? Another important matter is peace of mind. The death option is not one very many terminally ill patients actually intend to exercise. Mostly the choice serves as a palliative, says Gorman, ?by just letting people know there?s another way out.? Which is why the Oregon model is the one that should be studied. Oregon?s doctor-assisted suicide law provides a carefully calibrated decision mechanism ?that is safe, reasonable and ethical,? says Gorman. No one has rushed, or was rushed, to die in the year since the Oregon law went into effect; so far, 15 terminally...