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...local commanders, their bodyguards and other dubious characters come looking for Mick. Michael is too difficult for them to remember. A month ago, when I was quite ill with a stomach flu, they were constantly there, believing that it was good manners to visit with a sick friend. I was continually excusing myself to throw up. They prescribed hash and opium, saying they would cure anything. I politely declined...
...well known for being a mother (Governor Mom) as for being lieutenant governor and becoming acting governor when Gov. Paul Celluci left in April 2001, Swift entered the national consciousness when she commandeered a state helicopter Thanksgiving weekend in 1999 because, she later explained, her first child, Elizabeth, was sick. Racing home in the face of that is one of the few things Swift did in her short tenure I applaud. But being a worried parent doesn't exempt you from the law. If you don't own up to the personal use of a state plane...
Several weeks ago during my introductory cell biology course, my professor interrupted the usual drone about the fascinating world of cellular processes with a picture of Alba, a fluorescent green rabbit. The professor showed Alba—the brainchild of a sick-minded conceptual artist—to raise the ethical question of whether it is acceptable to genetically engineer animals for artwork. But no sooner did he get a perfunctory guffaw from the class for effect, than he gave a brief exhortation to the class to go home and think about the interesting ethical dilemma of engineering life...
...lest we forget: even more disturbing than the victorious, healthy plaintiffs are those who are sick and feel shortchanged. It's this trend that Huber v. Taylor hopes to address. Federal Judge Donald J. Lee will assess that case's merits in coming months...
...That work may gain momentum with this week's conference. Clearer data could come within a year or two with both countries cooperating. If scientists confirm the wartime defoliation program made millions sick, the U.S. might finally be shamed into giving compensation. "America caused this problem, so it should take moral responsibility," Ngoc says, cradling his daughter. Unfortunately morality?like science?often mixes poorly with politics...