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...paperweight. Industrial Light + Magic whipped up Floating Oscar, far right, which suggests movie magic but could prove too ethereal for any teary actress wanting to clasp it to her bosom. Peter Arnell imagines Oscar as a constellation, above, and would carve out an actual constellation in the shape of the statue, then name stars therein after winners, who would get a symbolic telescope with which to view it. A nice idea, though NASA might want to weigh...
Robert's case would be simpler if he were in worse shape. Since the groundbreaking New Jersey ruling that in 1976 allowed the parents of coma victim Karen Ann Quinlan to shut off her respirator, California and other states have permitted families to remove life support from comatose or terminally ill patients. Wendland is neither. Given the precedent the Wendland case may set, right-to-life and disability-rights activists have lined up behind Florence, while bioethics professionals and the American Civil Liberties Union are supporting Rose. "This is a vital public-policy case," declares Wesley Smith, author of Culture...
...would-be Pontiffs. The addition of 11 Cardinals from Latin America, where half the world's Roman Catholics now reside, suggests that it's important to speak Spanish. The sheer number of Cardinals--most of whom see one another only rarely--would seem to favor talented networkers. Being in shape is a plus. The 33-day reign of John Paul I underlined the need for papal stamina, which may be one reason that Castrillion Hoyos rides an Exercycle. A moderate public image can't hurt either. Most of the Cardinals under 80 and therefore eligible to vote are doctrinal conservatives...
According to Russell (my personal trainer by night, a lawyer by day, and a philosopher by disposition), I have white calves. Not white as in pasty, but as in Caucasian. My calves are--how to put it?--substantial, and their shape not only pegs me racially, Russell says, but also makes clear what kind of runner I would be (distance) if, say, hell were to freeze over and I were to take up that sport...
...rooting for a quick, V-shaped economic rebound, don't visit the bear cave. "If we're lucky, we'll get a U-shaped recovery," Biggs says, referring to a drawn-out hard landing. And there's a real case for an L-shape, he adds. That's L as in hell, a recession that is just starting and would last 18 months. His main concern is $4 trillion of vaporized stock wealth, which is crushing consumers. Biggs says Fed chief Alan Greenspan blew it; he was too slow to cut rates to stimulate spending and put a floor under...