Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thus far, CDC officials know of no case in which the AIDS virus has spread through casual contact. Last week, however, the CDC did report the first known instance of child-to-parent transmission. The case, Jaffe notes, was highly unusual in that the child, who was infected by a blood transfusion, suffered from a number of congenital ailments. His mother, a paramedic, had served as his nurse both at home and in the hospital, coming into frequent contact with the child's blood and wastes. Says Jaffe: "This kind of care is not what goes on in most households...
...Because of fears people have about sexuallytransmitted diseases, they may be more hesitant toengage in casual sex," Okun said. "People reallyare afraid, maybe unduly afraid, because the mediamay be making [sexually transmitted diseases] moreof an issue than they really...
...repeat it, that other rights are also involved: the right of an instructor, trying to address some 80 auditors, to make a coherent presentation; the right of other students in the classroom not to be disturbed by the constant movement. Further, for the shopper: intellectual judgement is not a casual process, and if you want to find out about a course, come and listen. About 80 students did come on time; about seven began wandering in at various moments 15 minutes past the hour. What is the balance of rights...
...adapting to classic dictates of menswear. In a long career, Cristobal Balenciaga was one of the very few who were always ahead of the game, but probably no one has figured it out as well as Yves Saint Laurent: in his teens he realized that women want both casual simplicity and studied opulence, and he has made millions by obliging them...
...play space is at a premium. A dozen mothers, members of the West Hollywood Munchkins Play Group, convene three days a week in cramped West Hollywood Park. They unlock a wooden shed, pass out toys and warily eye the winos by the shuffleboard court and the gay men seeking casual sex around the shrubs and public toilet. "We complain to the police, and they arrest these perverts in the toilet," Abrams says. "Look, I don't care what they do, but I don't want it in front of my kid. We want a separate children's toilet...