Word: ru
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being heralded as the long-sought, safe, morning-after pill. But there is a difference: it is really a month-after pill. A team of doctors from the Hopital de Bicetre near Paris reported in last week's New England Journal of Medicine that a substance known as RU 486, taken within ten days after a missed period, effectively terminates pregnancies without causing any major side effects...
...tests supervised by Dr. Beatrice Couzinet and Dr. Gilbert Schaison, 100 women volunteers who were less than a month pregnant were given RU 486. Of these, 85 aborted within four days, largely without the discomfort and psychological problems that can accompany other forms of abortion. Because of these remarkable results, the drug is expected to be approved for use in + France and Sweden as early as next spring. In the U.S., where abortion is hotly debated, the drug's future is less certain. John Willke, the president of the National Right to Life Committee, has already referred to the drug...
Perhaps because Opus members are typically reticent about their affiliation and many internal matters of the organization, the movement is constantly knocking down wild, unsubstantiated ru mors about its supposed immense wealth and power. Even within the Vatican, there is disagreement about Opus Dei, al though three top-ranking Cardinals are counted among its strong supporters. One veteran official in Rome says there is "a sharp division" at his congregation (a Vatican Cabinet ministry) between defenders of Opus Dei and doubters. He guesses the doubters are a slight majority...
Shortly after Spring Break. Ru Selle D. Harwood '84, a Mather House resident, died after jumping from the seventh floor of the Mather tower. Harwood/had been a member of the Women's Club in Mather, active in Harvard Student Agencies, and a clarinetist in the band...
...John Neumann and Ru Selle Diana Harwood have left any legacy--and I believe they have left a very rich one--it is to keep our hearts and minds forever fixed on what is most important in this too often dark and turbulent world--qualities of compassion, the meaningful pursuit of excellence in the service of human needs, and great love. As we mourn their passing, we should be thankful for them. It was once written of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., "Standing apart is one way of standing out." Let us hope that John and RuSelle's standing Loneliness...