Word: groups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...calculation is based on the observation that in a specific group of people carrying the AIDS virus, a certain percentage will develop symptoms within a given period of time. For example, it appears that roughly 6% will come down with the disease in the second year after infection. Since the Government has accurate figures on how many people have developed AIDS, Hay was able to work backward to figure out the number of those who carry the virus...
...seven leading industrial countries have seemed almost powerless to tame the surging U.S. dollar. They agreed the currency was too high and, in the long run, threatened to aggravate the U.S. trade deficit. But their desultory attempts to push down the greenback prompted suspicion that the G-7 group had lost its clout. Last week the finance ministers made a concerted effort to bring the dollar down by intervening in the currency markets. The U.S. currency fell nearly 5% against the yen and about 4% against the deutsche mark by week...
...finding healthy infants. These have historically been clubby, starched places; singles were not at the top of the selection list, nor interracial, gay, handicapped or older couples. While their policies are gradually changing -- especially in helping place older or special-needs kids -- many still primarily serve a specific religious group...
...Nicole has had to battle the urge to pick up Rebecca and run, particularly when Jan went out shopping and left them alone together one day. "I could have just walked out with that baby," recalls Nicole. "My car was right outside." She has joined a birth mothers' support group, and talks about going back to school to become a nurse. The Evanses have invited her family to join them at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Says Jan: "I suspect it will become a yearly ritual...
...center provides an essential link to getting data analyzed and reported as quickly as possible," said Dr. Marcia A. Testa, an SPH lecturer and director of one of the center's three divisions. She said that center will be the first national group to coordinate programs for AIDS research...