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...rapidly turning into an epidemic, said Dr. David Ho, a member of the infectious disease unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Although Ho said only 15,000 people have been diagnosed as having the disease this year, he estimated that for every AIDS victim, another ten have Aids Related Complex (ARC...
...people who have ARC, which means they have the AIDS virus but not the symptons, Ho predicted 25 percent will show symptoms of AIDS in three years...
Next day the Soviet leader faced a few hard times himself as he encountered some of the risks of p.r., Western-style. For the morning's first public event, Gorbachev traveled to the Arc de Triomphe for a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As the 28-car motorcade moved up the Champs Elysees, the General Secretary raised his hand and gave an occasional wave out of the window of his armor-plated Peugeot 604 limousine. There were precious few people to wave back. For blocks along the route, only a few of the insatiably curious leaned...
...Arc de Triomphe, another minor embarrassment waited. Amid a group of Tricolor-waving veterans who attended the memorial ceremony, a member of a Jewish veterans association raised a flag emblazoned with the Star of David in support of Soviet Jews. The protester was gently but firmly hustled away. At a follow-up reception in the capital's imposing city hall, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac told Gorbachev that "French public opinion would appreciate it" if the Soviet Union made a "gesture" in favor of Jews who wished to leave the country...
...dioxin in several hundred pounds of soil. Also tested at Times Beach is the EPA's mobile incinerator. It got rid of 99.9% of the dioxin in 1,750 gal. of liquid waste and 40 tons of soil in six weeks. Another movable unit is Westinghouse Electric's plasma arc furnace, which is housed in a 46-ft. trailer. The furnace reaches temperatures of 20,000 degrees...