Word: apartness
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...each, will overwhelm local resources. By this time next year there will be twice as many cases of AIDS as there are now, says Lange of New York City's St. Luke's-Roosevelt, and "I can already see the whole hospital system coming apart at the edges." Some doctors believe that special medical centers similar to cancer centers may have to be established to care for AIDS and ARC patients. Public health experts are calling for wide-reaching educational programs to teach Americans about the disease and how to avoid exposure...
...internal rant eats at the ranter. It degenerates into impotent eloquence. It tears apart the system like hard drugs. Ranting, after all, is a form of theater, just as theater, too often, is a form of ranting. Both require an audience. --By Lance Morrow
...harsh crystal sunlight of a South African winter, the black township of Daveyton (pop. 30,000) is a bleak monument to the law of the land: that blacks and whites shall live apart. Near the entrance to the township a large sign promises the people of Daveyton a POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. But the little concrete houses that line the treeless streets, the dry, packed earth that everywhere passes for a garden, and the acrid smell of coal fires in the early-morning air are evidence of a far different reality. Last week the people...
...accountants fenced, the talks drifted listlessly, and the Aug. 6 strike deadline loomed. The players and owners remained far apart on two major issues. Under the old contract a player could take a salary dispute to arbitration after he had played in the majors for two years. The owners wanted to raise the eligibility requirement to three years and limit any salary increase to 100%. The players refused to budge from the status quo. The other sticking point came over pensions. Traditionally the owners have given one-third of national television and radio revenue to the players' pension fund. With...
Cobb's patented hands-apart grip made him a nonpareil singles and doubles hitter, but furnished him with little power. Or so it seemed. In the Babe Ruth epoch, when Cobb was criticized for failing to hit the long ball, he went on record: "I'm going for home runs for the first time in my career." That day he went six for six: two singles, a double and three home runs. The following game he hit two more homers. The Peach had made his point; he hit just seven more home runs that season, and only...