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...usually thinks of sexual obsession as an undetected virus of the soul, a bug caught some time in the formative years but remaining dormant until some temporary weakness of the mind or spirit permits it to break loose. Surely such a classic pathology lies behind the unexpected passion that afflicts the otherwise kindly and harmless Don Alejandro in a wise and compassionate Spanish film called The Nest. The strength of Eric Rohmer's equally excellent Le Beau Manage is that it shows how rationalism, which is supposed to immunize us against our more maddened desires, can, when indulged...
...story on the herpes epidemic not only reports public hysteria but participates in promoting it. One simple, helpful fact, vital to prevention, is that herpes is almost exclusively transmitted during its active phase. Herpes victims do not have to withdraw emotionally or sexually during the dormant phase, which is most of the time...
...elusive nature of information about herpes causes much of the frustration among its sufferers. One major perplexity is why herpes recurs, sometimes after lying dormant for months or even years. "This thing seems to have a mind of its own," says Debera Edwards of Washington, D.C., who works in a law office. She contracted herpes in 1978 and complains about its vexing propensity for popping up at inopportune moments: "It knows exactly when you're going away, or when you're really looking forward to something." Says Dr. David Baker, a New York obstetrician: "Stress can reactivate the illness...
...anger erupted in March when Milson fired three mayors, charging them with refusing to cooperate with his administration. Two weeks ago, he dismissed a fourth mayor. The first round of firings led to strikes and demonstrations in the West Bank and even in Gaza, which had previously been relatively dormant. As the reaction began to die down, a shooting rampage by an Israeli soldier at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem stirred up Palestinian resentment against Israeli rule all over again. The soldier, American-born Alan Goodman, has been charged with the murder of an Arab guard...
Harvard bats remained dormant following a two-run second, a credit to Army's Sinc, who got into a groove in the later innings. Not that the Crimson didn't have its chances. Left fielder Chris Schindler alone stranded five baserunners in the third and fifth innings and Harvard also failed to capitalize on Rivera's double to open the sixth...