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...high school alma mater in Hawaii to see whether there were any teaching openings for Michael, who at one point had taught an undergraduate film course at Boston College. He got a job teaching English at summer school, so the couple sublet their New York apartment at a profit and moved into a condo in Honolulu that had belonged to Cindy's grandmother, who had recently died...
...trying to knock down the barrier is Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke the KMT's longstanding stranglehold on power in March 2000 elections. Chen last month made good on an election promise when his cabinet introduced legislation barring political parties from investing in profit-making enterprises. The bills, if passed by Taiwan's parliament, would also give the government the go-ahead to open the KMT's books and seize assets deemed to have been obtained illegally...
...abroad. "I wasn't going to ask people what passports they had," he says. "Everyone deserves to die with dignity." To date, 125 people - mostly non-Swiss - have come to Dignitas to die. Over 1,800 are now members, paying an annual j17 fee. Swiss law prohibits making a profit from assisted suicide, so all the money goes to cover administrative and operating costs. When approached by potential members, Minelli refers them to one of several local doctors, who examine medical records and decide whether the person's condition is indeed untreatable. Some potential suicides are turned away because...
Rhett Morris, a senior at Louisiana State University, is studying history and philosophy. He is also the executive director of YouthElect, a non-profit organization dedicated to involving young adults in the political process...
...intense pressure to make a deal that would satisfy all parties. The University’s purchase of the Arsenal had been controversial, sparking protests by local children and a response from the state legislature, which considered passing a bill to limit the tax-exempt holdings of non-profit institutions...