Word: canadas
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...very different field and for much bigger stakes. The director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, he has come up with a daring strategy for flushing out the virus that causes AIDS. As he explained at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver, Canada, last summer, Ho (like more and more doctors) is using powerful new drugs called protease inhibitors in combination with standard antiviral medications. But unlike most doctors, he gives the so-called combination therapy to patients in the first few weeks of infection...
...known M.P.A.A. ratings (G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17) affixed to theatrical movies. What many child advocates object to is that the ratings would not specify the content that makes a show potentially objectionable. The advocates were hoping for a system closer to one being tested in Canada that rates shows, on a sliding scale of 1 to 6, in each of three areas: violence, sex and language...
...actually left Olympic Stadium yet? The British sprinter refused to leave the track after being disqualified for two false starts in the 100-m finals in Atlanta. Christie had to be physically removed from the premises before the runners could line up for another start. After Donovan Bailey of Canada won in the world-record time of 9.84 sec., Christie was back on the track, taking his own, delusional victory lap. Then he went after fellow sprinter Ato Boldon, who had called Christie's act "unprofessional." Two false starts revealed him as a true jerk...
...asked, "Will They Believe Him?" A far better question about the Simpson case is, "Who cares?" KAY LYN EVANS Willowdale, Canada...
This is a brilliant impersonation. Atwood has saturated herself in the social attitudes and intellectual currents of Canada a century and a half ago. She is scrupulous in not pretending to know the whole truth of Grace Marks. Who, the author notes, was at last freed from prison after 29 years. And who immigrated to New York State and there disappeared from sight...