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Before the jury filed in just prior to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Circuit Judge William Howard admonished the spectators and participants not to show any emotion. It seemed an impossible request, given the passion and compassion aroused by the case. Yet when June Miller, the Union County, South Carolina, clerk of court, read "guilty of murder" on the first count, the courtroom froze as if a tableau. Only Susan Smith seemed to move, shuddering at what had just been said and was about to be said again. "Guilty of murder," said the clerk on the second count...
...April, the country recognized National Organ Donation week at the request of President Clinton. Considering how recently organ transplants became available, their use has grown dramatically in the world. However, with the establishment of Organ Donation week comes the need to assess the process's problems and the possible solutions...
There is always a marked increase after a public appeal is made on the behalf of an individual by the media. Donations increase as a whole, not just for the individual. Also, once request for organ donation became required by law on the part of physicians, donations also went up. Many families feel that they can take some good from an incredible tragedy. To force these same people to donate is to underestimate the generosity of the public in a grave way. Should the media make a greater effort, organ donation will increase to a level sufficient to stave...
...Bosnia. The move, approved in the House earlier this year, would be an affront to Clinton and the U.N. Security Council, which imposedthe arms embargoon the former Yugoslavia in 1991, hoping to prevent an escalation ofthe fighting in the Balkans. Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole, who at Clinton's request delayed action last week to await the results of the NATO allies conference in London, argued on the Senate floor that the embargo merely established a built-in military advantage for rebel Bosnian Serb forces. "We have an obligation to the Bosnian people and to our principles to allow...
...evidence and fact that would have to be established very clearly." For Faircloth, the issue isn't over: "I think she should testify," he told the chairman, "and I would like to urge you, as the ranking member to call her." So far,TIME's James Carneynotes, all committee requests for testimony and evidence have come jointly from D'Amato and the ranking Democrat, Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland. (Only D'Amato has sole authority to issue a subpoena.) "The White House posture is that it's insignificant unless and until D'Amato and Sarbanes request that she testify," Carney...