Word: surrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This week the family will direct its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court, and for the first time draw the nation's highest court into the murky legal and ethical seas that surround the notion of a right to die. What the Justices decide will directly affect Cruzan. It will also set some legal boundaries for addressing the plight of the 10,000 other people in the U.S. lingering in a persistent vegetative state. Ultimately, the ruling could have an impact on the 7 out of 10 Americans who can someday expect to confront questions of life-sustaining medical care...
...line noise that makes cellular telephoning a chore. The same technology is being used by Government agencies involved in surveillance and intelligence gathering to improve the performance of eavesdropping devices. Active Noise and Vibration Technologies of Phoenix makes antinoise speakers for the headrests of helicopters, trucks and airplanes to surround passengers with zones of silence. Soon, lawn mowers and snow-blowers may be electronically muzzled to reduce suburban din. And, thanks to antinoise systems, submarines carrying nuclear warheads now run silent as well as deep. "Everywhere you hear noise, there's a business opportunity," says Gene Frantz, applications manager...
...Virtually every question you could imagine about the structure of the curriculum and the way it is staffed and all the decisions that surround it are going to be affected in one way or another by this," says Spence...
Perhaps, the dark age is too positive. Perhaps, we're in the great abyss. The wastelands of baseball surround us on every side and attack us at all corners. Sure, April's a cruel month, but what about the rest of spring and summer. Just ask anyone who follows the Yankees...
Trash TV: The unseemly scandal alleged to surround the Society of Black Professional Entrepreneurs and its ex-president, Harvard Law student Kevin T. Watkins, appears to have caught the caught the eye of one of the nation's leading purveyors of infotainment. A scout for the syndicated tabloid-style TV show Inside Edition attended Watkins' arraignment Thursday on charges of rape and assault and battery...