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Last week gowns worn to bygone Oscar ceremonies were auctioned at Christie's to raise money for AmFAR. The following conclusions can be drawn from the results...
...shows, JEAN SMART of High Society, FRAN DRESCHER of The Nanny, CANDICE BERGEN of Murphy Brown, MARY MCDONNELL of Society and NANCY MCKEON of Can't Hurry Love, some of whom are barely household names? Actually, just a nice request and a substantial donation to Taylor's aids charity, AmFAR. (A CBS staff member who used to live next door to Taylor's assistant helped.) "We thought it was such a long shot," says Maddy Horne, CBs VP of current programming. "But she said the idea was charming." CBS wanted a story line about jewelry that carried through the shows...
THIS PAST WEEK has seen a profusion of fashion-related events heralding the coming of the summer months. The Boston Chapter of AmFAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research) and Louis, Boston hosted a runway show last Thursday, featuring the clothing lines of Romeo Gigli, Donna Karan, Zegna, Vestimenta, Jill Sander, Calvin Klein and Prada. With more than 250 guests in attendance, all seated around a silver-lined cat-walk lit by matte-black halogen spot lights, the event was an exciting, if somewhat overly-choreographed, into to this season's hippest wear...
...Officials at the Centers for Disease Control, tallying informally, are unable to name major current programs totaling more than $200,000. "In practical terms, that's two, possibly three salaries," including the necessary coverage of employees' health care, says the Rev. Margaret Reinfeld, an official at the AIDS organization AMFAR (American Association for AIDS Research) who recently sat on a CDC external review for prevention programs. "There's absolutely no question that the resources are grossly insufficient to the need." Adds Barbara J. Wood, board member of the mainstream National Association of the Deaf: "I wear a red ribbon every...
Clinicians have also achieved some success against a lung ailment called Mycobacterium avium complex, which mimics tuberculosis. "MAC is difficult to treat," says Dr. Mathilde Krim, chairman of AmFAR. "It is considered a bad omen and is usually terminal." This past December the Food and Drug Administration approved rifabutin for protection against MAC. According to clinical trials sponsored by AmFAR, the drug cuts the chance of developing...