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Ashley Bailey, whose fight against liver disease ended in death. This little girl's struggle, heightened by President Reagan's plea for a donated liver, has brought hope to other children whose survival depends on transplanted organs...
...further. Florida's seven bishops declared this year that capital punishment is "not compatible with the Gospel." They enlisted John Paul to join in an extraordinary appeal for clemency in the case of Robert Sullivan, whom they believed to be innocent of murder. Despite the Pope's plea to Governor Bob Graham, Sullivan was executed on Nov. 30. The staff of the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington plans to put greater emphasis on the bishops' stance on the death penalty next year...
Often, news executives who might otherwise be restrained rush the news into print to avoid being scooped. The Oakland Tribune, however, chose to run that risk when it learned that Mass Murderer Juan Corona had wanted to enter a guilty plea at his long and costly ($5 million) retrial, but was dissuaded by his attorneys. Editor Maynard kept the story secret until the trial was complete. He explained: "There was no doubt in my mind that if we had printed the story, it would have caused a mistrial, which could have forced yet another trial and the expenditure of still...
Although it was based on a plea to the Soviets to return to the arms tables, it also urged a "firm linkage" between the U.S. and the USSR, and pledged the need for a broader dialogue between the two countries...
...might well be taken as a caveat to any troupe staging Anything Goes; an earnest cast would be the show's undoing. If the title were not warning enough, Porter offers other none-to-subtle clues. Why else sprinkle the lyrics of the infamous. "It's Delovely" with a plea for the audience to have patience "while I crucify this verse...