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Peters wanted no such deal. "I loved him for who he was in his heart, and he still had that. And I loved him for what he had in his mind, and he still had that," she says now. On New Year's Eve, just eight weeks after he became a triple amputee, Bozik left his hospital bed in a tuxedo and wheeled down to the flower- and family-filled hospital chapel to marry his Texan bride...
...task force, established by the government last August and headed by University of Sydney law professor Patrick Parkinson, will report soon with ideas on reforming that instrument of justice that enrages separated parents, mostly fathers, as nothing else does: the wage-garnishing Child Support Scheme. On the eve of the changes there's cause for both optimism and hardheaded caution. "I'm not convinced I'll put in place the perfect system," says Ruddock. "I don't feel I'm God. But I do think we can do a hell of a lot better than we have done." New Zealand...
Jessica Grace Wing had always been ambitious. A graduate student in film, she had already co-founded a small New York City theater company when she learned, on the eve of her 30th birthday in July 2001, that she had terminal colon cancer. Knowing she would never complete a full-length film, Wing decided to use her remaining time and energy to compose an opera--not exactly a step down in ambition. Although her health deteriorated quickly, she never ceased working, composing on a laptop in her hospital bed. "Creating was her love," says her father Bill Wing...
...Eve Ensler compiled the Vagina Monologues based on hundreds of one-on-one interviews with women ranging from ages 6 to 72. It can safely be said that there is no other performance piece that gathers into one production the stories of a sexually-abused lesbian rediscovering her ability to experience physical pleasure, a sexually-liberated Englishwoman who has at long last found her clitoris, and a power lawyer-turned-professional-pleasure-giver...
...pressure for action grew so intense by last week that the FDA was forced to take action. On the eve of an extraordinary three-day hearing to air grievances resulting from the Vioxx and Celebrex snafu, it announced plans to create a new safety board to monitor drugs for unexpected side effects that show up after the drugs have gone on sale. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration finally moved to fill a one-year power vacuum at the top of the organization by nominating its acting chief, Dr. Lester Crawford, to be the FDA's permanent head...