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...director of a major independent study published late last year on assisted suicide (in which the doctor gives a patient the means to end life) and euthanasia (in which the doctor terminates life at the patient's request). It concluded that there were about 3,600 cases in 1995 in Holland (pop. 15.5 million), a jump from the 2,700 cases estimated in 1990. Another 900 deaths fell into the troublesome category of "termination of life without the request of the patient...
...times to a full symphony orchestra. The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is responsible for almost 1,000 recordings, more than any other chamber orchestra in the world. It is known popularly for its recordings of soundtracks for Amadeus and other films--most recently The English Patient. The Academy tours widely, and has performed in North America annually since 1980. In 1993, the Academy became the first orchestra to be granted the Queen's Award for Export Achievement...
...Physicians] work in partnership with patients to determine what care is best," she says. "They evaluate the pros and cons of a given medication and whether the patient is in a position to take them...
That strange and sometimes brilliant testament aside, Sam Tanenhaus has now written the best biography that Chambers is likely to receive, Whittaker Chambers (Random House; 638 pages; $35). Tanenhaus' account, essentially sympathetic, is patient, admirably balanced and fascinating in its rich detail. On the great litmus question of postwar politics--which of them was telling the truth?--Tanenhaus is clear. Walking again through all the familiar elements of the case (the Woodstock typewriter, the Bokhara rug, the prothonotary warbler, the famous Pumpkin Papers), Tanenhaus shows, if anyone still doubts it, that Alger Hiss was lying...
...demand for stock has soared in the face of a dwindling number of shares--a textbook prescription for prices to head north. Investors pumped more than $220 billion into stock mutual funds in 1996, nearly double the $128 billion registered in 1995. The bulk of the new money represents "patient" capital from boomers saving up for retirement, according to the Investment Company Institute, the mutual-fund-industry trade group. And the trend keeps getting stronger. Some $24 billion of fresh money flowed into stock mutual funds in January, double the amount for the previous month. At the same time...