Word: bettereds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economist uses his techniques to predict the rate at which new AIDS cases will be reported, and his projections seem to be on target. Says a Government scientist: "Every month Hay's numbers look better and better, while the official estimates look worse...
...national AIDS survey, which began last week in Dallas. The residents of 3,400 households were sent letters asking them to take anonymous AIDS tests and answer questions about their sexual practices and drug use. Some AIDS groups protested, charging that the money used for the survey could be better spent on treatment and the search for a cure...
...nights, after taking the papers to the post office, I would stand with my Uncle John at the makeup stone, and we would throw the old lead back into the scoops to be remelted and used again. We would sip Pepsis and talk about printing and people. It was better than school...
...taking drugs for a lifetime can have unintended and perhaps dangerous side effects. The well-established anticholesterol drugs, including cholestyramine and nicotinic acid, seem to be relatively safe, but they can produce such discomforts as nausea and intestinal pain. Newer drugs, like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies, not yet confirmed, have shown a link between abnormally low cholesterol levels and increased danger of cancer and stroke...
...existence, are helping change the weather and every other aspect of life on this fair planet: Los Angelenos whipping their sunny basin into a brown blur on the way to work every morning; South Americans burning and cutting their way through the rain forest in search of a better life; a billion Chinese, their smokestacks belching black coal smoke, marching toward the 21st century and a rendezvous with modernization...