Word: knowed
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...little we know is clear enough: HIV, a virus transmitted by bodily fluids, is contracted most often through unprotected sexual contact. It lies dormant within the body for anywhere from six months to, in a few cases, decades, and then appears to destroy the immune system. Drug treatment can delay the effects, but in the end, HIV weakens the immune system to the point where an opportunistic infection, something the body normally could fight easily, runs uncontrolled and causes death...
...despite this information, AIDS remains a silent conspiracy. In dorm rooms, apartments and throughout the world, people who don't know they have HIV transmit the virus to others: heterosexual, homosexual, at every age and of every race or ethnicity. The highest rate of infection is among young adult heterosexual females, 25 to 44, and the rates in other communities, though slowing, are still increasing...
...could actually stop my career temporarily for five or six years while my daughter goes off to school, I would do it, but I know I can't," says Alyssa A. Goodman, who recently became the second woman ever to gain tenure in the astronomy department. Parents are left with few options as childcare is expensive in Cambridge...
...grooming his successor to the throne. While we impatiently wait for Clinton to finish his office antics and half-listen to the presidential candidates of 2000 talk about their visions, what about our own past student presidents? FM recently caught up with a few past student government presidents (you know, it wasn't always called the Undergraduate Council), figured out what they're doing now and discussed their experiences while in office...
...know each other's strengths and weaknesses, and we plan our work accordingly," Georgs remarks, nodding approvingly at Fontecchio...