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...embryos because couples lose contact with the lab either by choice or by not supplying forwarding addresses. Clinics must then decide whether to destroy the embryos after a certain period of time or keep them frozen indefinitely. Without a specific, notarized directive, IVF clinics are loath to destroy these "orphan" embryos. And although they can be long frozen, as your story indicated, they are certainly not "lost." DAVID HILL, IVF Laboratory Director Center for Reproductive Medicine Century City Hospital Los Angeles
...least part of the re-entry. Ekaterina Gordeeva, two-time gold-medal winner in pairs skating, watched at a skating rink as her 28-year-old partner and husband died in her arms of undiagnosed heart disease, in November 1995. Oksana Baiul, the pixie 16-year-old Ukrainian orphan who struck gold in the singles, celebrated with a nonstop party that ended when she wrapped her green Mercedes-Benz around a few innocent conifers while under the influence in Connecticut. Baiul, now 20, tells TIME she is an alcoholic, and she is trying to pull herself together. Nancy Kerrigan...
...Welcome to Sarajevo War-loving, war weary, a journalist rescues an orphan from the Bosnian chaos but can't explain his sudden fall into grace. Michael Winterbottom's film dares to suggest that small acts of goodness cannot stem the vast tides of historical tragedy. In movies, that's an unexpected--and sobering--perspective...
...over him). Will dismisses Lambeau and initially tries to hold out on McGuire. And though he embarks on a relationship with Skylar (Minnie Driver), a beautiful, wealthy Harvard student, Will can't open up to her; he doesn't want anyone to know he's still the same terrified orphan...
...Wings of the Dove is about Kate Croy (Bonham Carter), a rich, pale orphan who cannot marry the man she loves because he is poor. As a way out of lonely misery, she convinces her dashing lover Merton (Linus Roache) to court her rich, beautiful but ailing friend Millie (Alison Elliott) so she'll leave him all her money...