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...believe that many homeless might actually go on to lead productive, normal lives under proper care.We also have to face the reality that many of our most desperately ill citizens have no chance of entering normal society again. But allowing them to “choose” to wither away on the streets seems more like a cruel Darwinian ploy than a valid social policy for dealing with those who have no hope.Prior to the massive deinstitutionalization undertaken in the 1980s, the U.S. government acknowledged that it was our responsibility to ensure that mentally ill people received minimal assistance...
...exist. One of the things that irks people about Catholicism is its explicit appeal to be a universal arbiter of right and wrong, yet this is also what gives it its enduring strength. Catholicism has seen the rise of innumerable perversions of its doctrine only to see them wither away over time; theologies like Lutheranism that once challenged it for supremacy have come and gone. In order for the Church to be there when our society realizes the terrible emptiness and the ultimate meaninglessness of a world without Godand as a hopeful person I think it willit must maintain...
...China's blossoming romance with capitalism should wither, it will not be Pierre Cardin's fault. The indefatigable designer has been showing his wears in Chinese cities every other year since 1979. Last week, in a sort of cultural exchange with himself, Cardin, 63, brought nine Chinese models to show off his new fall and winter couture in Paris. Ages 18 to 23, they have been the hit of "collections week," though cattier observers noted one or two faux pas on the runway. One Chinese model, in a delightful reverse on Oriental-Occidental clichs, even smiled broadly...
Again the start of the third period proved the signal of the Crimson’s undoing, though its ultimate downfall was not nearly so grand as in recent years. The Wildcats mounted no game-breaking three-goal flurry. Harvard did not wither in the face of some four-tally comeback for the ages. But just three minutes into the final regulation frame, UNH did draw level, erasing the Crimson’s narrow one-goal lead and seizing whatever momentum Harvard had mustered in the 40-plus minutes prior to the equalizer...
...less than six months to live. "This isn't suicide," Mason insists. "Suicide means a needless taking of life. When five doctors tell you nothing can be done, you are merely insuring that your life ends at the proper time. I don't want my daughters to see me wither away to 80 lbs. and have some night nurse shave my beard to get some tubing into my mouth...