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Genovese. Vincent ("the Chin") Gigante, 58, a former prizefighter, is capo in the family and considered by some to be just as tough as, if not tougher than, convicted Boss Salerno. One of the few veterans not under indictment, he was acquitted of trying to kill Mob Boss Frank Costello in 1957 when Costello, who retired after the rub-out attempt, refused to identify him as one of his attackers...
...Eliot was teaching him, and he thought how this intimacy--Eliot carefully maneuvering the razor around his chin, washing off extra shaving cream, patting his face dry; this thrill of smooth, wet skin, shining--this belonged to men who were lovers alone. It seemed to him a kind of celebration...
Although researchers are racing to understand the disease, they still know very little for certain about how AIDS is transmitted, especially among heterosexuals. "We don't know all the mechanisms," says James Chin, chief of the infectious-disease branch of the California health services department. "We do know grossly, by observation, that it is bi-directional" -- in other words, that men and women are each able to spread the virus...
...Zambian capital of Lusaka, Tambo discussed his group's aims and methods with TIME Senior Editor George M. Taber and Correspondents Bruce Nelan and James Wilde. Dressed nattily in a beige safari suit with a paisley cravat tucked around his neck, the A.N.C. president tugged thoughtfully on wispy chin whiskers as he spoke. Excerpts...
...merely say that, I shouted it even louder than the prosecutor was shouting. The judge agreed with me: "The prosecutor must apologize to the defendant." The prosecutor muttered into his chin, "Excuse...