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Though the recommendation was only the latest in a series of testing advisories to groups at risk of AIDS infection, the sweeping nature of the draft proposal caused considerable alarm as well as widespread criticism of the CDC. The outcry may have been exacerbated by the way in which the advisory became public. It was leaked early last week and was only released by the CDC, in more cautious language, several days later. Immediately following the leak, telephone lines at blood centers and American Red Cross chapters were flooded with calls from panicky transfusion recipients, and top public health officials...
...right-wing activists who argued that a dose of "appropriate fear" might be necessary. "Irresponsible sexual behavior" is the "main cause of the spread of AIDS," reads one memo from the Department of Education to HHS. The memo goes on to say that an earlier and more explicit HHS draft on AIDS education "resembles a dog-care manual. Not guidance for people." In a statement of principle accompanying the plan's release last week, Bennett wrote, "Young people must be told that the best way to avoid AIDS is to refrain from sexual activity until as adults they are ready...
...pros have taken notice of the Currier House resident's improved play, and the Pittsburgh Penguins chose Taylor in last year's supplemental draft...
...Crimson's first game of the year against Brown. He was called into action two months later for a trip to the University of Minnesota-Duluth and two weeks after that for contests against Clarkson and Yale. But on a team rich in defensemen, McCormack--a ninth-round draft choice of the New Jersey Devils...
...concerned about Soviet shorter-range nuclear arms. These can be fired up to 560 miles, compared with the 3,000-mile range of the SS-20s, and could still hit West European targets. The Soviet arsenal includes some 500 such missiles in Europe, while NATO has none. The U.S. draft treaty tabled in Geneva includes provisions for NATO to match the Soviets' shorter- range systems. But even if Moscow is cooperative, efforts to equal Soviet strength would require new NATO deployments. That could provoke a painful repeat of the parliamentary debates and ugly street protests that attended the decision...