Word: term
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...necessity rather than a crime. Those who deny the right to an abortion under any circumstances fail to see that their argument undercuts itself. Abortion provides a unique understanding of the "inherent good" of existence. It is morally irresponsible to believe that a pregnancy must be brought to term even in case of the mother's death simply because it is a matter of nature and out of our hands when we have the medical means to save the mother. The case involves a comparison of the life-value of the mother and the child: the final decision must evaluate...
Bossert said the access to more terminals will allow students to make use of computer terminals at reasonable hours, "like at eight o'clock in the morning." Although some student always leave their term projects to the last minute, thus overcrowding terminals, "the crisis in reading period will be manageable," he added...
...approach to monetary policy, see page 7. In St. Louis, officers of the Federal Reserve Bank there were pleased because they had long advocated such a move. See story on page 6. In the nation's money markets, large certificates of deposit and other short-term instruments quickly matched the one-point rise in the discount rate. See story on page 2. Foreign-exchange traders, happy about the Fed's actions, sent the U.S. dollar up by 2%; gold fell more than $17 an ounce. See story on page 3. But the U.S. stock, bond and commodities markets...
Church intellectuals with a longer-term view are watching John Paul's approach to doctrine. They are upset over three developments begun under Pope Paul VI that have been continued by John Paul. One is this year's formal Vatican condemnation of writings by French Theologian Jacques Pohier on grounds that among other "evident errors," he denied the bodily resurrection of Christ. The Vatican is also quietly investigating iconoclastic Dutch Theologian Edward Schilebeeckx. The new "apostolic constitution" intended to reaffirm controls over faculties that grant degrees under Vatican authority, is also troubling. This last decree affects departments...
...Frey, chairman of Bell & Howell: "The biggest problem in the U.S. is not the lack of inventive capacity but the lack of businessmen willing to take the risk investments." The bottom-line obsession of many managers results in quick payoff investments to retool old products rather than expensive long-term spending to develop new ones. Though Texas Instruments this year will spend $155 million on research, Vice President George Heilmeier admits: "We have become conservative and spend less on basic research...