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...herpes patient who believes in frankness is Paul Morris, 33, a fan-belt salesman in Houston. He caught herpes in 1976. Dr. A. a general practitioner, said it was syphilis or gonorrhea. Dr. B. a dermatologist, thought it was an unknown skin ailment, and Dr. C. a specialist in infectious diseases, could not identify it but was positive it was not herpes. Only Dr. D. an old friend, had the wit to take a culture that showed the problem was herpes. When Morris informed the woman who gave it to him, she brushed it off with "No big deal." Morris...
...federal Guaranteed Student Loans (GSLs)--a philosophical argument they consistently lost all winter--the would-be budgetary revolutionaries use severe publicity and bureaucratic bluster to dissuade substantial numbers of students from even applying for aid. Then they point to the dropping loan figures as an example of conservative belt tightening. Rather than justify each separate funding reduction, the Administration emphasizes that any aid granted is a luxury...
...disguise from Middlesex, England, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. In standard police clothing and cruiser, Hackett and Dwight then casually drive the 15 blocks to the Gateway Arch. Once backstage, Dwight looks around, then begins to peel the blue to reveal a black matador outfit trimmed with gold sequins, a gold belt and a pink sash, and his true identity for more than a decade: Elton John, 35. The crowd gets its man, but the police lose a future New Centurion. Says Hackett wistfully: "He looks pretty good in uniform...
...question is whether De la Madrid will be able to manage the party, and the country, during the necessary period of belt tightening. In Washington, some State Department experts are optimistic that he can succeed. Says one Government official, summing up business and banking reactions: "He's the perfect guy to confront the business and economic problems." Whether De la Madrid can restore confidence in Mexico's shaken presidency is another question. De la Madrid says only: "I know that my entry into the government will not be easy." He will have six years to find out just...
...this was his 44th Wimbledon. "It used to be a way of life," he said, "much more gentle. The whole atmosphere of the place is commercial now, and of course it has to be. Now it is a T-shirt factory that also produces a world champion: a conveyor belt, if you like...