Word: contacts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Secondine now helps his family dispel some of the stereotypes that may result from lack of contact with people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds. He recalls bringing his answering machine home this past summer and observing his family hear some of the messages...
Finally stirring, Yamamoto sent a message of MacArthurian unreality: "The enemy fleet, which has practically been destroyed, is retiring to the east . . . Immediately contact and destroy the enemy." As a further measure, he also relieved Nagumo of his command. And imperial headquarters said a great triumph had been achieved, bringing "supreme power in the Pacific...
...noxious bacilli are transmitted through the air, and it is possible to contract the infection in just a few days of exposure. More typically, a person must be in close contact with an ailing patient for over a month to catch the bug. Even then, infection leads to full-fledged disease in only 5% to 10% of cases, at least among those with healthy immune systems...
...doesn't matter whether Magic Johnson got the AIDS virus through heterosexual or homosexual sex. The fact remains that people can get infected through heterosexual contact and that a few simple precautions can sharply reduce -- or eliminate -- those risks. If Johnson can get that message across to those who need it most -- sexually active teens and young adults -- then his outspokenness will have done an immeasurable public service...
...Where that 400 figure comes from is a mystery to me. But I can say that I did not pass on a single one to the KGB, nor did my successor. The head of the intelligence service in the Soviet Union would not want to continue any form of contact. The risk would be too great. One cannot rule out, however, that some adventurers might try to profit from their knowledge...