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Michael Schiavo has long insisted that what he wants for his wife Terri is a dignified death. But a flurry of legislative maneuvering late last week showed how the predicament of one severely brain-damaged Florida woman--who has been in what doctors call a persistent vegetative state since 1990--is in danger of getting lost in the clash of political agendas. In an effort to head off the scheduled removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, the House of Representatives, led by Republican Tom DeLay, took the extraordinary step on Friday of issuing a subpoena for Schiavo herself, along with...
...sociologists, psychologists, economists and others who study this age group have many names for this new phase of life--"youthhood," "adultescence"--and they call people in their 20s "kidults" and "boomerang kids," none of which have quite stuck. Terri Apter, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge in England and the author of The Myth of Maturity, calls them "thresholders...
...scholarship itself is based on the vision of George Marshall...of being global citizens,” said Terri Evans, public affairs director for the British Consulate in Boston. “We look for someone who will serve as an ambassador, a bridge to the world. That element of a capacity and vision for change and for making a difference is at the core of the scholarship...
...board’s authority to vet textbooks—factual inaccuracy is the only basis on which they are allowed to judge. But apparently the Board of Education does not see legality as a barrier to its mission to eradicate—in the words of Board member Terri Leo—“asexual stealth phrases...
...painfully awkward older men who, surprisingly, come alone. Yes, her group of friends includes a sassy black girl, a goofy white guy, and an ambiguously ethnic love interest. But Hilary Duff, star of Raise Your Voice, surprisingly sheds her Teen Disney roots, giving an uneven yet charming performance as Terri Fletcher, small-town girl whisked away from commonplace and complacency when she lands admission to the prestigious Bristol Hill School of Music in L.A. You’ve undoubtedly seen Raise Your Voice before: this film is formula-driven, from typical start to predictable finish. But no matter how many...