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...hospitalized and put into an artificial coma without being fed until she dies. That passive form of euthanasia, Sebire objected, was "neither dignified, humane, or respectful of me or my children." Should she lose, Sebire's lawyer says she'll either appeal, if she feels the strength to fight on, or give up her efforts to die in France on her own terms, and check into a Swiss facility specializing in assisted suicide. "It's hard for my children to imagine me going away there," Sebire explains, "but I can't take this anymore." If she wins, however...
...Japan, foreigners learn soon enough that a one-yen coin floats on water (or beer), a perfect analogy for the last few years of the dollar's strength against Japanese currency. Now, however, the yen is sinking to the bottom of the glass as the dollar has becomes featherweight. On Thursday it slipped to 99.7 yen, the lowest it has been since November 1995. Following suit on Friday, Tokyo stocks plummeted to their lowest levels since August 2005. Just a few months ago, the rate was 113 to the dollar...
...doses and more regular supplementation. "[Our study] provides the strongest evidence to date that vitamin D might be protective against type 1 diabetes in later life," says Zipitis. "Obviously we're based on other studies, so this has come up before. The new thing with our study is the strength of the association and the confidence with which we can talk about...
...traditional clothing Haruko wears onher wedding day, the seven-day namingprocess for her first son. The monotonyand constriction of it push Haruko intoa nervous breakdown, forcing her toleave the royal palace to convalesce at herchildhood home.At this point, convention tells us, sheshould recover from her mental anguishand find the strength to carve out a placefor herself, even within the suffocatingenvironment of the court. Whether ornot Empress Michiko actually returnedfrom her convalescence with newfoundresolve, for the purposes of the novelHaruko should at least have returned achanged woman, whether empoweredor embittered or simply embarrassed.But things seem to continue essentiallyas they were before...
...shirts. While MSS knew his carefully chosen words were untrue, he realized their impact on the people of Iraq. The only sources of information to the Iraqis were state-controlled, and conjuring up defeats of the coalition forces would raise the morale of Iraqi troops who would find renewed strength to fight after hearing of the defeats of their enemy. In addition, such propaganda—especially when repeated over and over again—may help to bandwagon others into joining a movement. Once a few groups fall prey to this misinformation and join a cause, their support becomes...