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...father, William Stern, was all smiles. He happily accepted the court decision to leave the infant in his care at least until November, and promised to abide by the order to allow Whitehead to visit the baby twice a week. Fatherhood, he had learned, was a wonderful experience. "I am the father," Stern declared, "and I want my daughter back...
...Stern and Whitehead are not a divorced couple arguing over custody; they hardly know each other. Their daughter, "Baby M.," is at the center of a fierce and highly publicized dispute over surrogate birth that began when Whitehead decided to keep the child she had agreed to carry for Stern. The case has touched off widespread debate: Is the womb a rentable space? Should the use of a surrogate mother be a legitimate option for couples who cannot have children? Or is it an odious trade in babies? While the Baby M. case is not the first surrogate-parent dispute...
Only the best of Americana catches the attention of Mable Lomas, the 82- year-old proprietor of Anderson's Antiques, in Hopkinton, N.H. She is said to be the most respected dealer in the state, and her rules are stern: "No oak. No kitchen stuff. No collectibles." Mrs. Lomas has attended Withington's auctions almost since his first, in 1949, and like other dealers, she credits him with putting on the best show around and with being fair. He will not offer pieces with reserve, or minimum, prices, for instance, and does not accept phone-in bids. Does Withington guarantee...
Chosen president of Harvard over considerable conservative opposition, Eliot made sweeping changes. He abolished virtually all required courses. He canceled the stern Puritan rules of discipline: no more compulsory daily chapel, no more bans on smoking or theatergoing. He overhauled and greatly improved the medical and law schools, founded the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1872) and the business school (1908). He also presided over the establishment of a college for women, Radcliffe (1894), originally known mainly as "the Annex." He recruited a brilliant faculty, not only notable lecturers like Ralph Waldo Emerson (on philosophy) and William Dean Howells...
...hand, has avoided such conflicts with a program for testing players who are suspected of being drug abusers. Three positive tests, and the player is expelled from the league. Such was the case with the New Jersey Nets' Micheal Ray Richardson, who was banned last season. N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern has a simple explanation for how the league came up with its testing program: "We said, 'Let's talk about drugs.' I really credit our players. They faced up to the issue very directly...