Word: joining
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...problems that AIDS poses for the business community are already substantial, and growing. Some 23,700 Americans have contracted the disease, and an estimated 20% to 30% of the 1.5 million U.S. citizens who have so far been exposed to the AIDS virus are expected to join them. Even though AIDS is spread almost always through intimate sexual relations or the sharing of hypodermic needles, many workers have strong objections to working in close quarters with carriers of the disease. Says Dana Ferrell, a director of the South Florida Health Action Coalition: "There's still a tremendous amount of ignorance...
...announcement earlier that day of "Operation Alliance," an antidrug effort that will cost more than $266 million and is designed to tighten enforcement along the entire 2,000-mile border. Under the new policy, roughly 600 additional U.S. officials with more than $100 million in new equipment will join the border war against drugs. Indeed, said Meese, the effort was the "most widespread interdiction program on our land borders in law- enforcement history." In calling for invigorated efforts to crack down on drugs, President Reagan tactfully acknowledged the Mexican view of the problem by promising to fight consumption within...
...twice what they pay me . . ." fumed Dorsett, whose career rushing record is 10,832 yds., sixth highest in N.F.L. history. "I can be a very disruptive force." Dorsett, whose own contract reportedly calls for $9.65 million over 27 years, later withdrew his threats and prepared to join Walker in what observers predict will be a dream backfield...
...drug problem. "We have to restore public confidence in the game," says Don Shula, head coach of the Miami Dolphins. "We must do everything possible to show fans that the game is drug free. This is a battle we have to win, and the players, coaches and owners must join together...
...July three star players of the University of Virginia football team -- including Barry Word, former tailback and 1985 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year -- were charged by federal prosecutors with conspiring to distribute cocaine. They join 21 other individuals who have been indicted as part of a drug ring dealing coke in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and Florida. The gridiron trio accounted for more than 56% of their team's points last season. Today they each face a maximum sentence of a $250,000 fine and 16 years in prison...