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...major airlines have successfully employed flight engineers over 60, among them Western, which was forced to do so during Criswell's suit. And many airlines have demonstrated their ability to recertify pilots on an individual basis by continuing to employ hundreds of victims of alcoholism, heart attack and stroke. One of Western's lawyers, William John Kennedy, had argued that the age-60 rule was based on safety considerations. Predicting passengers will be at greater risk, he said bitterly, "We've been kicked in the teeth for our concerns. It will be a cold day in hell before any airlines...
...cancer spreads, despite every attempt to think positively," Angell asked, "is the patient at fault?" She pointed to remarks made by Humana Institute's Dr. Allan Lansing, who at a press conference expressed concern that Artificial Heart Recipient William Schroeder did not have the right attitude after his first stroke. The implication, she said, is that Schroeder was in some way responsible for his condition. At a time when patients are already suffering from disease, Angell concluded, "they should not be further burdened by having to accept responsibility for the outcome...
...world. Purists may fret over whether her lower back is as springy as ever, but the years have if anything enhanced her artistry -- the daring and the inspired eccentricity with which she can ignite a dull ballet and redefine a great role. Farrell created her own biggest stroke of fortune simply by inspiring George Balanchine over nearly two decades to create a necklace of marvelous parts for her; it is surely the richest repertory of any dancer within memory...
...particularly his inspired casting. In selecting Luders -- a fine partner but a phlegmatic performer often taken for granted by the audience and even by himself -- the choreographer rinses away years of familiarity to present a dancer of mesmerizing ardor. Luders reveals a plangency and aplomb that match Farrell's stroke for stroke...
...February 1979, according to the statements, the couple invited their friend for a holiday at Bertioga, a coastal resort 70 miles east of Sao Paulo. While swimming in the sea, the depositions assert, Mengele, who by then was 67, drowned after suffering a stroke. The Bosserts said that they decided to bury him at the Embu cemetery in a family plot owned by the real Gerhard, who had buried his mother there in 1961. That same year, Wolfram Bossert told the police, "Rolf Mengele came to talk to me, and I handed over (his father's) diaries, documents and personal...