Word: adoptness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...French insisted on LAV (lymphadenopathy-associated virus), while Gallo's group used HTLV-3 (human T-cell lymphotropic virus, type 3). In a statement published in the journals Nature and Science, a taxonomy group subcommittee proposed a third name, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and urged scientists to adopt it. Because of the pending legal actions, Gallo refused to endorse the change, although Montagnier signed the statement. Nonetheless, Subcommittee Chairman Harold Varmus, a leading California virologist, expressed hope that the decision would help defuse "the tense legalistic atmosphere" that has tarnished AIDS research. "The emotional flavor of this branch of virology...
Last year the parliament passed legislation requiring virtually all social and political organizations to adopt a secular state ideology known as Pancasila, a set of five principles calling for belief in one God, justice, national unity, democracy and humanitarianism. The law was designed to muffle nearly all dissent in the country and was of a piece with the regime's press censorship and powerful military. It sought to curb the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. After an antigovernment riot inspired by Muslim protesters in 1984 and a subsequent rash of political bombings, a number of prominent Suharto opponents, including a former...
Many of those who continue to travel to Europe, however, now adopt elaborate precautions. One ploy is to fly into airports at cities such as Milan, Brussels or Amsterdam, which are considered relatively safe from terrorist attack, then drive or take trains to such final destinations as Rome or Paris. Tourists can further reduce risk by traveling on direct flights between the U.S. and their final destination, rather than changing planes at overseas airports, and by avoiding routes that originate in unstable parts of the world like the Middle East. While in airports, travelers are advised to stay clear...
Nevertheless, the bombing of Tripoli should not be the first page in a new chapter of Western responses to terrorism. On the night of the raid, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations missed the point when he argued that America should adopt Israel's policy and respond to each terrorist act militarily. First, Israel's policy has not ended terrorism; and second, such a policy would require a level of resolve and military intrusion into daily life that the people of this country are unlikely to tolerate...
...major Sudanese parties profess nonalignment with the superpowers and avow unity within the Arab world. The leading contenders in the elections, the Umma Party and the Democratic Unionist Party, share traditional religious roots. Neither, however, is as militant as the National Islamic Front, which pushed Nimeiri to adopt the strict Islamic law that mandated punishments like amputating the hands of thieves. The party and its charismatic leader, Hassan al Turabi, 53, still have a large constituency among the poor and the young. But analysts predict that the Umma Party, lead by former Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi, 50, the great...