Word: hindenberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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OCCASIONALLY THE COLD wet fish of truth hits society so hard that it is forced to reconsider its basic assumptions. Both the Titanic and Hindenberg disasters, for example, gave lie to the notion that men had completely conquered the elements of sea and air. In the same way Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is now shaking our faith in our ability to control disease. If we cannot realistically reassess the role of sickness in our-lives, we will be as doomed as those ill-fated passengers...