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...Twitchells' claim of a statutory exemption will prevail on appeal. Says Harvey Silverglate of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: "It's virtually impossible to convict the parents in the face of that exemption." Silverglate and others think the Twitchell conviction -- particularly if it is overturned -- could ultimately prompt nationwide efforts to repeal legal exemptions for spiritual healing. While that would be a tremendous blow to the Christian Scientists and other religious groups, it would, say child-advocacy groups, be an important step toward granting the nation's children a fundamental human right. Says Jetta Bernier of the Massachusetts...
...last week the assistance seemed likely to be held up still further by a dispute about -- of all irrelevant subjects -- abortion. The Senate had added to the omnibus bill a provision permitting the District of Columbia to use local public money to fund abortions, despite warnings that it would prompt Bush to veto the whole thing. Faced with that prospect, which could have delayed aid to Panama and Nicaragua for a month, the Senate agreed to delete the abortion provisions from the bill before it is sent to the President...
...disorder. Of the three main types of the disease, Bush has by far the most common. His open-angle glaucoma can be treated painlessly and effectively, if found early enough. The more severe acute closed-angle glaucoma, on the other hand, causes sharp pain and visual impairment and requires prompt laser surgery. The third type, which blinded Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, occurs at birth or soon thereafter...
...though, proved the cynics correct. Talks between the club owners and the Major League Players Association remained deadlocked. In an eleventh-hour gesture, Commissioner Fay Vincent offered to order the training camps open if the players' union promised not to strike later in the season. The union response was prompt: no deal. With that, hopes that opening day would take place as scheduled, on April 2, virtually vanished...
...When one partner in this transaction turns brazenly mercenary, something less savory develops. Baseball, as its devotees never tire of arguing, is America, writ small but indelibly on green grass between white lines. When the current tawdry spectacle moves out of hotel rooms and onto diamonds, the breakthrough should prompt not only cheers but also some sadness that the springtime rite of innocence and rejuvenation has been sullied by avarice and bad blood...