Word: righted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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INTERVIEW: In a startling turnabout, East Germany's Communist Party leader, Egon Krenz, declares that "freedom of movement is a basic human right...
ETHICS: Is there a right to die? And who should decide...
...Adamec must strike a careful balance between party hard-liners and the Civic Forum's relentless pressure for swift action. Last week several Communist legislators apologized for failing to respond sooner to the popular mood. Even ousted party leader Milos Jakes supported the abolition of the party's constitutional right to lead the country...
...card was read to her. But doctors say she is oblivious to the environment except for reflexive responses to sound and painful stimuli. "We have literally cried over Nancy's body, and we've never seen anything," says her anguished father Joe Cruzan. "Sometimes you swear she is looking right at you, but then you move three or four steps. She has no awareness of herself...
This week the family will direct its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court, and for the first time draw the nation's highest court into the murky legal and ethical seas that surround the notion of a right to die. What the Justices decide will directly affect Cruzan. It will also set some legal boundaries for addressing the plight of the 10,000 other people in the U.S. lingering in a persistent vegetative state. Ultimately, the ruling could have an impact on the 7 out of 10 Americans who can someday expect to confront questions of life-sustaining medical care...