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...what he and his doctors fear it is: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. The man is not gay. He is married and the father of two children. But he readily admits to a life of promiscuity and a history of many liaisons with prostitutes. "I lived in the fast lane," he confesses. "If only God will give me a break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: A Growing Threat | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...devastates the immune system. The virus launches a direct attack on helper T cells (or T lymphocytes, as they are also known), invading them in much the same way that the hepatitis virus homes in on cells in the liver. Once ensconced in the T cell, explains Dr. Clifford Lane of the National Institutes of Health, the AIDS virus prevents this vital cell from doing its job as "the initiator of all the immune-system response." Says Lane: "It turns the T cell off from being a lymphocyte and on to being an AIDS-virus factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: A Growing Threat | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...were more oxygen to be gulped down to infuse the muscles with sustained power. The track itself, a recently installed Rekortan surface, is as fast as a fine track should be, though it has no unique properties for generating speed. But the tight old stadium, with its narrow six-lane oval walled in by chanting crowds of passionately knowledgeable Oslo running fans, seems to elicit special heroics from competitors. The athletes feel, in the words of retired U.S. Runner Marty Liquori, who commented on the race for ABC-TV, as though they are being pushed along "in a tunnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Glory Night at Feelgood Stadium | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Reagan now compensates for the changes that have occurred and will occur within him will be better viewing than any drama now playing on the stage or on film. The old motto, "The whole world acts the actor," which legend says was on one of London's early Drury Lane theaters, is the title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Acting the Actor | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Hebei, Father Benedictus often cooperates with an official church located just down the lane from his courtyard sanctuary. When the church needed help clearing a vacant lot, he dispatched young parishioners to help. But he is most comfortable staying underground?because he wants to report to Rome. "For Catholics," says Bishop Zen, "to be free means to be in contact with the Holy See." China's Catholics hope that the new Pope will be allowed to stay in closer touch with them than his predecessor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Churches | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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