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...that allows prescriptions of lethal medicine for terminally ill patients (there have been 70 assisted suicides in four years), 22 states have passed laws to encourage aggressive treatment of intractable pain. "Knowing I could choose when and how to die has given me peace," says Barbara Oskamp, 70, a Portland retiree who suffers from a brain tumor. "I don't think Ashcroft understands how bad pain can be." The debate is far from over. A federal judge has blocked Ashcroft's order until Nov. 20. A lengthy court battle is then likely over whether the DEA can go after physicians...
...drag on that. We're into the idea of the extended family, that it's all part of the package," he says of his marriage of 13 years. Three years ago, Leckey supported a move by Neal's parents from Indianapolis, Ind., to a retirement community near them in Portland, Ore., where Neal can stop by frequently to help with medicine and financial details and Leckey can help as well. "I feel what I'm asking is fair," she says, "because I helped raise my stepdaughters. But sometimes I feel torn between doing things with my husband and taking care...
Leckey and Neal's children are grown, but couples like the Lowrys and the Mileckis, who work and take care of kids as well as parents, are surveyed in a new study by Margaret B. Neal and her colleague Leslie B. Hammer of Portland State University. In Dual-Earner Couples in the Sandwiched Generation: How They Manage Their Work and Family Demands, the authors identify strategies that couples adopt to handle their stress. They either increase their emotional resources or decrease the demands on themselves...
...make it better? The latest breach doesn?t surprise people like Richard Gritta, an airline industry expert and business professor at the University of Portland. "At this point," says Gritta, "the system is so full of holes you don?t have to be all that clever to get through. You just have to count on the incompetence of the people who are in charge of security, and based on what we?ve seen, that?s a pretty safe...
Writers in the Schools, which sends authors into classrooms, is another program that helps beef up kids' writing skills. It operates in eight states, including Texas, Michigan and Oregon. Megan McMorran, Writers in the Schools program director in Portland, Ore., says requests for its services have gone up significantly in recent years, and the program reaches more than 1,800 students a year. "We used to have to call writers. Now writers flock to us," she says. "People are realizing how important writing is to all subjects. Sure, there is a perception that writing will help boost test scores...