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French law offered little guidance, and so the whole case rested on exquisitely philosophical arguments about what the dead man's frozen sperm really was. An organ transplant? An inheritable piece of property? State Prosecutor Yves Lesec, siding with the sperm bank, argued that it was part of the dead man's body, even though separated from that body. The dead man had a basic right to "physical integrity," the prosecutor concluded, saying in effect that his widow had no more right to his sperm than to his feet or ears. Not so, retorted Parpalaix's lawyer...
...meant to soothe the fears of Hong Kong's residents, almost half of them refugees from the Communist mainland, who fear that China might start meddling in the colony's affairs well before 1997. Howe took pains to stress that the group "will not be an organ of power; it will have no supervisory role; it will play no part in the administration of Hong Kong...
...anonymous donor provided the new organ for a 20-year-old man from Vermont suffering from a congenital heart disorder...
...satirical targets in this collection of stories and sketches may seem like the same old contemporary lemons, but look again. Max Apple (The Oranging of America, Zip) knows there is more than one way to make lemonade - sometimes sweet, sometimes astringent, always bracing. Organ transplants? In the bizarre courtroom drama of the title piece, the author's vital parts try to protect themselves against being traded to another body by demanding the right to bargain as free agents. The video-electronic revolution...
...Corporation is Harvard's highest administrative organ--save the largely ceremonial Board of Overseers--but instead of getting involved in the day-to-day affairs of many different areas of the University, it concentrates on long range planning and only takes direct responsibility for major financial matters...