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...ought to be a rigorous enemy of the powerful Italian Catholic Church. His wife Letizia is a practicing Catholic, and Berlinguer himself has consistently sought an understanding with the Vatican. Although he has fashioned the P.C.I, into Italy's most vibrant political party, Berlinguer himself is quiet and withdrawn. "He's a good comrade," a fellow party leader once quipped, "but not very comradely...
...issue arose because for seven days following the attack, Salem's heartbeat and breathing had been sustained by life-support machines; when they were withdrawn, all life signs ended. So the question was whether Salem had been killed by Golston with the baseball bat or had died when all hospital maintenance of his body systems ceased...
...showed no sign of repentance or even concern. At first, he declined to discuss the issue since he considered his remarks off the record. Then he sent Jackson a message that fell miles short of an apology: "I have made no charges and therefore there are none to be withdrawn...
...week the state Supreme Court turned that result around. Chief Justice and former Governor Richard Hughes concluded that if doctors and a hospital ethics committee agree "that there is no reasonable possibility of Karen's ever emerging from her present comatose condition . . . the life-support system may be withdrawn . . . without any civil or criminal liability" for anyone involved...
...began to drink alone in the closing weeks. Despondent and withdrawn, she was embarrassed one noon when surprised by kitchen help as she was filling a tumbler with bourbon. She would spend long hours in her pale yellow bedroom, often returning her luncheon tray with the food untouched...