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Known as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, the drug boosted the victims' count of white blood cells, the body's primary defense against infection, after just ten days of treatment. The additional cells could help AIDS patients fight off bacteria, viruses and other life-threatening microbes. Groopman believes GM-CSF could one day be used to treat a variety of diseases. "This is the first time that anyone has been able to regulate the white- blood-cell count in man," he says. "There are implications for cancer patients and people with bone-marrow disorders...
Thus it seemed that Noriega could always count on U.S. support, suffering at worst an occasional diplomatic snub or reprimand. But with the allegations against him mounting and his support at home diminishing, the Reagan Administration is now debating whether such support is wise. It may undermine U.S. attempts to be seen as tough on drug trafficking, vigilant against high- technology theft and credible in its call for democracy in Central America...
Neither story is that unusual. Moonlighting was once thought to be a temporary phenomenon made necessary by the ravages of inflation. But as inflation has abated in the '80s, the practice has only increased. At last count, in May 1985, the Labor Department found that 5.7 million workers, or 5.4% of all those employed, held more than one job. That was up from 4.9% in 1980, the double-digit-inflati on year, and the highest proportion in more than two decades. The number of moonlighting women in the labor force jumped 40% between 1980 and 1985, to 2.2 million, three...
...paradox considering the opportunities. Rarely has the gold ring seemed to be so reachable. With the incumbent retiring and neither party boasting an automatic heir, just about any credible politician could board the presidential carousel. Many have, along with some less credible ones, 14 all told at last count. Yet the number who decline to whirl has grown just as startlingly...
Only the Soviets had thought Hess was worth guarding like a latter-day Count of Monte Cristo. British, French and U.S. authorities had long been willing to release him on humanitarian grounds. Keeping the 109-year-old prison open for one inmate was also extremely costly: West Berlin and the Bonn government spent some $1 million annually in salaries and expenses to maintain a staff of 35 wardens, cooks and maintenance men. But the Soviets were adamant, insisting that, as their late leader Leonid Brezhnev put it, "to release Rudolf Hess would be an insult to the Soviet people...