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...Gramley, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America: "There is no reason for interest rates to continue going up. That would slow the economy so much that the run-up wouldn't be sustained." But the abrupt halt to the flow of ever cheaper mortgage money might handicap an otherwise healthy homebuilding industry. Last week the Commerce Department reported that housing starts during March fell to an annual rate of 1.77 million, a 3.2% drop from the previous month...
...issue at hand was tuberculosis, but the question in many minds was AIDS. In a decision with important implications for employees and schoolchildren with serious illnesses, the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that a federal law against handicap discrimination can protect those with contagious diseases...
...last week the high court used sweeping language to rule that Arline's rights had been violated. Writing for the majority, Justice William Brennan held that Congress had passed the law "to ensure that handicapped individuals are not denied jobs or other benefits because of the prejudiced attitudes or the ignorance of others." In a dissent that was joined by Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said neither the language of the law nor the record of congressional discussion preceding its passage provided evidence that contagiousness was intended to fall within its definition of handicap. The majority of the Justices...
...basis of fear that they could spread a disease, even if that fear is irrational. The court ruling mentions AIDS only in a footnote, in which it declines for now to decide whether carriers of the AIDS virus who do not actually have the disease might also be considered handicapped. But taken as a whole, the court's broad language strongly suggests that people who are suffering from AIDS will be able to use the handicap law as a protection against job discrimination. Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper conceded as much, saying "the decision essentially rejected our analysis...
...Supreme Court' s ruling on handicap discrimination has major implications for AIDS victims. -- A ban on "humanist" texts...