Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Panama's provisional president, Francisco Rodriguez, speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, said an attempted coup against his government had been crushed...
...couldn't even get out of the playoffs in '87. Lost in seven lousy games," the San Francisco fan complained. "Sure we had Jeff Leonard, but a lot of good his big mouth...
While Burroughs Wellcome said it had been planning the cut for some time, the announcement came on the heels of angry protests. Well-organized AIDS activists condemned AZT's high price at stock exchanges in London, New York and San Francisco, chanting such slogans as "Be the first on your block to sell your Burroughs Wellcome stock." Senate staffers in Edward Kennedy's office began researching possible ways to nationalize the drug by invoking a law, dating from World War I, that allows the Government to revoke exclusive patents and licenses in the interest of national security. And the House...
...desperate search for other AIDS treatments has not flagged. Last week a group of San Francisco AIDS activists announced the results of their highly controversial underground test of Compound Q, a chemical derived from a cucumber-like Chinese plant. Although many of the 34 patients tested with the drug seemed to show marked improvement, three have died. The deaths have not been directly attributed to Compound Q, but the uncertain results proved once again how important AZT has become to AIDS patients as a life-giving drug and a symbol of hope...
Rarely have so many late-September games held the potential to make such an epic difference for so many teams. In all of baseball's four divisions, the pennant races will not be officially decided until this week, the final seven days of the season. Only the San Francisco Giants, astride the National League West, possess breathing room ahead of the late-charging San Diego Padres. Powered by outfielder Kevin Mitchell (46 homers) and first baseman Will Clark (109 RBIs), the Giants may boast the game's most titanic twosome since the Yankee era of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle...