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Saturday at Stevenson Field here in Providence, the Crimson baffled Brown long enough to send two goals past Bruin netminder Jonah Goldstein in a 36-second span. The twin tallies gave Harvard (10-0-2 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) a 4-2 league triumph...
...struggling to overcome them." Medicine, Callahan chides, ought to "give up its relentless drive to extend the life of the aged," who in any event are often "being saved from death for chronic illness, with Alzheimer's as a tragic example." It is time to honor a "natural life-span" that normally winds down in the late 70s to mid-80s, he says. "How many years do we need to have a reasonably decent life, to raise a family, to work, to love...
...fastest growing age group in the U.S. proportionately is the over-85s, he reports, and children born this year can expect to live 16 years longer than their grandparents born in 1930. Such statistics prompt visions of a life-span beyond 100 years, a prospect Callahan finds alarming. In the past two decades, the amount of the federal budget spent on those over 65 leaped from 15% to 28%; and the $80 billion spent in health care for the old in 1981 is expected to pass $200 billion by the year 2000. The result is a serious threat...
...their suffering and more home care and support. He would also increase medical resources devoted to defective newborns, the now hopeless victims of AIDS or any nonaged patient with slim chances of recovery. "A 35-year-old has not had a chance to live out a full life-span," he says. "Some research may come along in time to save them -- we don't know that they are all going to die." Callahan carefully avoids setting a flat cutoff age, preferring to let the condition of the patient, the judgment of the doctor and the wishes of the individual interact...
UNDER CLOSER scrutiny, the election results do not insure a spic-and-span state. To begin with, Roemer cannot boast of broad-based support for his administration. Because of Louisiana's backward primary system, he is entering office with only 31 percent of the popular vote, a mere 2.5 percent more than Edwards...