.... that Diane Blood could not use the sperm taken from her husband, Stephen Blood. Diane and Stephen had planned to have a baby. Unfortunately, Stephen, aged thirty, was suddenly stricken with bacterial meningitis, and passed away before his plan could be realized. In order to fulfill the dream shared with her husband, Diane Blood persuaded doctors to extract a sperm sample from Stephen Blood when he was in a coma. Stephen died in March 1995. No matter how hard Diane tried to fight the court, she has not received permission to use her husband's sperm since consent is required .....

.... the same basic rights whether we are gay, straight, black, or white. No one deserves to be judged, discriminated against, or treated unfairly. These groups also try to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local level while connecting these activities to a national vision of change. All they want is freedom to live their lives, to perform the same rituals as heterosexuals, such as hold a job and marry. These people are law abiding citizens and want and deserve the same rights as others. Is that too much to ask? Religious leaders believe that ga .....

.... Beowulf was composed for an audience that would take into account the struggles that the main character took, and the audience would see the poem in its own way. Though few can clearly understand the value of the poem, we must realize that judging the poem from a twentieth century point of view would be unjust to the author or authors of Beowulf. One of the most pleasing trends in recent old English studies has been the increasing awareness of the truth and importance of this simple observation. It is one which often has been overlooked by scholars and the ever growin .....

.... him. To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the night his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad would never answer his questions. Charlie remembered his childhood and through his memories, he felt guilty for hurting his family. After the operation, Charlie also suffered from disillusionment. In the bakery he used to have friends. Friends that would talk to him and care about him. "...Why? Because all of the sudden your a bigshot. You think you .....

.... They suit him up in his armor and ready his horse and weapons. The knight in the first story is named Erec, son of the King Lac. He marries a girl named Enide, who is at his side throughout the story. Together they adventure through the countryside and Erec fights his battles as they go on. The knight will give up on nothing ever, it is his duty to serve his King and God to the best of his ability. “Sire, I have no wound from which I am suffering so much that I want to interrupt my journey. No one could detain me; tomorrow- I shall tarry no more- I want to leave in .....

.... alone. Not long after the last of the older men leave, Jethro's father, Matt, has a heart attack and is bed ridden. Jethro now has to become the man of the house. With the help of his sister, Jethro farms the fields and provides for his family and his brother John's wife and two children. After receiving a few letters from Tom, the family is notified of his death. Eb comes back after a while because he abandoned his post and was being hunted by the government for desertion. Jethro then writes to the president regarding his cousin's dilemma. He then received a letter .....

.... service. It was during this time that many women discovered that they could be financially independent of their male family members and because disgruntled when the war effort ended; thus our male dominated society sought once again to sentence them to the limited existence they lived before the war. Gender conflict is not limited to females in our society. Men who seek to be house husbands or wish to take on the role of primary caretaker for the children, suffer the stigma society attaches to them as being too lazy to go out to support their families, or are viewed and possi .....

.... device that would display messages and visions from his home planet. The rocket finally crashed in a field in Smallville, Kansas. Luckily, at that exact time, an older couple, Jonathan and Martha Kent, were driving by. The impact of the rocket gave their truck a flat tire. When the Kents saw the little boy in the spaceship, they thought he was part of "some cruel Russian space experiment" (Kents 1). They were going to turn him into an orphanage, but decided that no one wanted him, so they called him their own. The Kents had always wanted children, but could nev .....