Word: access
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...grandparents are seeking more visitation with their granddaughters. And last week an Illinois court upheld the right of two white parents to keep and raise a black child they have nurtured for nearly four years. In these and other custody cases--fights by parents, former lovers, even nannies for access to children--America was asking itself, Who has the legal right to take part in a child's life? And then Elian Gonzalez floated into our consciousness...
...changes are minor, such as allowing more people-to-people contacts. But at the State Department, in the business community and even in Congress, sentiment is growing to abandon the 40-year-old embargo that has failed to dislodge Castro. Farmers, businessmen and tourists are clamoring for greater access to the island, as other countries usurp a natural U.S. market. In a TIME/CNN poll last week, 53% of Americans surveyed said the U.S. should open diplomatic relations with Cuba...
...decide how her children are reared. Granville, whose new husband adopted the girls, says she always wanted the Troxels to be involved with her children, but she disagreed with the extent and timing of their visitation demands. Says her lawyer, Catherine Smith: "The grandparents were not denied access. She went to them and said, 'How about one week a month?' and they sued...
...know whether the Fire Marshal will insist that a wide fire-engine access lane be cut through the garden. He also may require fire exits leading directly into the garden, since the existing drawings now show that the only egress is through tunnels to the main building. These questions cannot be answered until construction drawings are completed...
...Undergrads have their worlds which are quite busy," says Galen Amstutz, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies coordinator. "There are other worlds of more complicated research and esoteric levels of study--not that they don't have access to those centers, but they are busy...