Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...department's elite intelligence unit were involved in the assassination. "Conspiracy?" he says. "You bet your bottom dollar there was a conspiracy." Several celebrities, including Norman Mailer and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., have petitioned a Los Angeles County grand jury to review the L.A.P.D.'s investigation of the younger Kennedy's killing. Alas, considering how much evidence has disappeared, it is an open question whether such a probe would resolve old doubts -- or create new ones...
...Owadas wanted their daughters -- Masako has younger twin sisters -- to "have some solid base to stick to," says an immediate-family member. "The parents wanted them to avoid becoming rootless people. It was simple things, like customs and observing traditional Japanese festivals...
That finding fueled the fears of ethicists who believe that legal assisted suicide could become an instrument to meet social or economic goals, even "altruism." For example, people over 65 spend 3 1/2 times as much on health care as younger people. "It would be a terrible burden to put on the disabled, the dying and the weakened elderly, especially at a time when there is enormous pressure to cut medical costs," says Father Richard McCormick, professor of Christian ethics at the University of Notre Dame. "They would constantly ask themselves, 'Should I ask for it, is now the time...
...never the brightest of the five, and her eye condition made reading difficult. But she had a ferocious will. "A very stubborn girl," Mary notes. "It was hard to sway her." The best example was her courtship. Every week of their adolescence, the younger Weaver girls went to the Ambassador Bowling Alley, which was managed by a good-natured, black-haired man named Les Williams. "Les was the cat's meow," says Mary. "He was super." He was a year older than their father. Sue never bowled, but she would sit for hours eating French fries and chatting with...
...shows like I'll Fly Away and Brooklyn Bridge were renewed despite low ratings. The fall lineup included a batch of hip relationship comedies tailored to the thirtysomething audience (Love and War, Mad About You), as well as a flock of Beverly Hills, 90210, clones aimed at an even younger crowd. The network mantra was demographics; these shows might not draw a huge audience, but they would, it was hoped, draw the right audience...