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...both called to serve. Cheney's position prompted the sponsor of the Military Orphans Prevention bill to remind him about his own history as a noncombatant. California Congresswoman Barbara Boxer points out that Cheney received a deferment from the Vietnam draft in 1966 because his wife Lynne was pregnant. "You . . . felt that your wife and soon-to-be-born child needed you," Boxer wrote Cheney last week. "Our bill . . . is not even that generous...
...alone, five months pregnant, far from her family. Her husband had just left for the gulf. She'd been having trouble concentrating at work. But when she felt herself losing control, overwhelmed by a rising sense of panic, she dialed the toll-free hot line provided by her company for employees in distress. A counselor on the other end referred her to a local psychologist for help...
Chronic users of acetominophen, a close chemical relative of phenacetin, may also have cause for concern. Considered preferable to aspirin because it rarely produces side effects or allergic reactions, does not irritate the stomach and is thought to be safe for children and pregnant women, acetominophen is sold under such brand names as Tylenol and Anacin...
Critics also argue that condoms, which can have a failure rate of between 10% and 15%, are not the best protection against AIDS. Human Life International, a Maryland-based Christian sexuality-education group, has vowed to sue the New York City board of education if any student gets pregnant or contracts a sexually transmitted disease while using a school-supplied condom. The alternative that schools should be promoting, critics argue, is chastity...
Most Divisive Murder Investigation When Charles Stuart, 30, the manager of a Boston fur shop, reported the slaying of his pregnant wife by a black mugger in October 1989, police unleashed a massive manhunt, and racial tensions in Boston worsened. In January, Stuart's brother revealed that Stuart was the murderer. The next day Stuart took his own life...