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Still, in the immediate future, education, not medicine, may well be the single most important weapon in stemming the spread of AIDS. Educational campaigns directed at homosexuals, urging them to limit their number of sex partners and adopt "safe sex" practices, have already paid off. A study conducted at the University of California, Berkeley has shown, for example, that the rate of new AIDS infections among gay men in San Francisco fell from an 18% increase each year between 1982 and 1984 to only about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: You Haven't Heard Anything Yet | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...Literally hundreds of schools have begun to adopt similar programs" to the one at USC, Gardner said. Pennsylvania State University, Florida State University, and Louisiana State University all offer similar programs, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Shmen Take Course on Being 'Shmen | 2/14/1987 | See Source »

...brief debate, Councilor Frank H. Duehay'55 insisted that Cambridge adopt a specific setof goals and policies to guide future efforts tohelp the homeless, while Councilor William H.Walsh called for an all-out effort to providesleeping space during the winter...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Cambridge Council Votes $25K For New City Homeless Shelter | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...Administration has already begun to adopt a tougher posture. Washington has given the twelve-member European Community until Jan. 30, for example, to settle a trade dispute involving the loss of U.S. grain markets in Spain and Portugal. Failure to meet the deadline will mean automatic 200% U.S. tariffs on a number of European products, notably wine, liquor and cheese. The problem is that the Europeans have promised to retaliate in kind, meaning that a major or minor protectionist trade war might already be in the offing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game of Chicken | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...this another 'adopt a contra' pitch?" I complained. "Because I already send $15 a month and Jorge Julio sends me postcards from Honduras. I do my part...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: War on What? | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

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