Head vs. Heart in the Abortion Debate; An abortionist defends her...

The Washington Post;  January 20, 2008 ;     787 words ......My Journey as an Abortion Doctor By Susan Wicklund Public Affairs. 268 pp. $24.95 EMBRYO...usual tactics. In This Common Secret, Susan Wicklund tells riveting stories about patients...getting by on welfare and food stamps, Susan Wicklund became one of the first members of...

Thought-provoking account of 20 years as abortion doctor

Winnipeg Free Press;  March 9, 2008 ;   Anonymous;   658 words ...This Common Secret My Journey as an Abortion Doctor By Dr. Susan Wicklund, with Alan Kesselheim PublicAffairs, 272 pages, $30 Reviewed by Jessica Woolford DR. Susan Wicklund came to prominence in 1992 when she revealed her harrowing reality as...

Construction hits Batavia pub hard.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 1, 2007 ;     292 words ......he said. We went from Friday and Saturday nights, you couldn't see a tile on the floor, to having two or three tables. Susan Wicklund, one of the building's owners, said a lack of parking is the main problem for the business. People are not going to park...

From the front line of the abortion wars.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(This Common...

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 26, 2008 ;   Garrow, David J.;   787 words ......another partisan salvo actually contradicts the expected party line in important and revealing ways. Such is the case in Susan Wicklund's This Common Secret. Wicklund enlisted as a front-line soldier in America's abortion wars in 1989, when the conflict was...

solo

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      153 words ......adj. & adv. for or done by one person alone; unaccompanied: [as adj. ] a solo album | [as adv. ] she'd spent most of her life flying solo. • v. ( -oes , -oed ) [ intrans. ] perform something unaccompanied, in particular: ∎  perform an unaccompanied...

Forever Flying

Click;  July 1, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   187 words ...The wandering albatross spends most of its life flying over the windy southern oceans. Sometimes it travels 600 miles in one day! It can even fly at night while its brain is half-asleep...

That's odd

Sunday Star-Times;  December 28, 1997 ;     274 words ...FOR daredevil Evel Knievel, who spent his life flying through the air on a motorcycle, golf should be relatively safe. But a fall on a golf course about three weeks ago -- compounded...

GOLF COURSE FALL DROPS STUNT KING.(NEWS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  December 22, 1997 ;     238 words ...For daredevil Evel Knievel, a guy who spent his life flying through the air on a motorcycle, you'd think golf would be relatively safe. But a fall on a golf course about three weeks ago...

HOME LIGHTand AIR.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  July 8, 2000 ;     443 words ......His trendy loft in Manchester offers the perfect combination of high style and low maintenance. Richard spends his working life flying around the world as a member of the cabin crew for a major airline. After each hectic stint at work he looks forward to returning...

GO! THE LIMIT: A NEW ENGEL ON CLASSIC HITS.(Features)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  November 23, 2001 ;     337 words ......Midlands, you can't take the Midlands out of the boy. He said: I'm definitely still a Midlands boy at heart. I spend most of my life flying but I still own a home in Leicester and I spend more time there than in the States. I'm looking forward to performing in Coventry...

Destin Snowbirds offer fun and friends to visitors.

Walton Sun (Santa Rosa Beach, FL);  November 18, 2006 ;     446 words ......Not every Air Force veteran soared past the sound barrier. In fact, Kelly never saw combat. He said he spent most of his life flying a desk. But he stayed healthy, and how he did it is secret number two. I've never been shot at. His is just one of the fun...

Was Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment a hoax?

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 1, 2003 ;   Robert Matthews;   335 words ......of the most famous experiments in science: Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American inventor and statesman, risked his life flying a kite directly under a thundercloud to prove that lightning was a form of electricity. But a new book suggests the inventor...

BARROS A LOCK, BUT HOW SOON?

The Boston Globe;  June 27, 1989 ;   Michael Vega, Globe Staff;   540 words ...He spent the day before the most important day of his life flying across the country, interviewing for a possible job in the NBA with teams such as Seattle and Chicago. The Sonics and Bulls are...

City: Lindstrand soars away on hot air One of Richard Branson's...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 10, 1996 ;   RICHARD NEWTON;   681 words ...Per Lindstrand is ambitious; not only is he going to risk his life flying around the world in a balloon but he has also tried to turn hot air ballooning into a serious business. The first is hazardous...

British air force fulfils Kiwi's dreams

The Press;  July 20, 2004 ;   BOOKER, Jarrod;   221 words ...Having once had dreams of flying F16s for the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Charlie Matthews has made his life flying Tornados for the British. Flight Lieutenant Matthews was a top air force pilot who was part of a contingent of fighter pilots looking...