Word: blood
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...only known protection against the AIDS virus and other venereal diseases is abstinence or the use of a condom. The AIDS virus can only be transmitted through semen and blood. Because one can never be assured of being free of the smallest lesions in the mouth, anus, or vagina, consistent use of a latex condom is recommended...
...Wedding Guest, for example, a turn-of-the-century young man named Griswold Norrie looks forward to his nuptials with the rich, beautiful Ione Carruthers: "He and Ione between them would be connected by blood or marriage to every family that counted in Manhattan society!" The only impediment is Griswold's determination to invite Atalanta, his paternal grandfather's widow, to the festivities. Because of her uncertain past and the general belief that she married an old man for his fortune, this woman simply cannot be received by people who matter. Griswold can have either his integrity or his bride...
...AIDS. Although those most at risk for the disease remain homosexual men and intravenous drug users, a growing number of heterosexual singles are demanding a clean bill of health in place of spoken assurances that a new acquaintance is not carrying the virus. By requiring all members to take blood-screening tests, dating services are taking some of the risk out of meeting people, if some of the spontaneity...
...Judy Yorio's Compatibles, a New England dating service that claims 5,000 members in five states, clients have been asked to take an AIDS blood test at least twice a year. They may decline, but would-be partners who inquire will be told that the member refused to be tested. The response from clients, says Yorio, "has been very strong and very approving...
Peace of Mind, Inc., a club based in West Bloomfield, Mich., offers an elaborate menu of safe-sex services. Founded in February by six local businessmen, the club has signed up about 100 people so far for memberships ranging from the $99 basic package, which includes a blood-screening test for AIDS every six months, to the deluxe membership ($649), which includes tests every three months for AIDS, herpes and nine other sexually transmitted diseases. That is not all: Peace of Mind provides a telephone-counseling and referral service, a newsletter, a dental program and discounts at 43 local stores...