Word: longer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think so. If I go too far, number one, the networks will let me have it, and you better bet your bottom dollar they can. Number two -- more critical -- my supporters will back off. They'll no longer support me. And they shouldn't, and I hope they won't. But I don't think they're ever going to have to make that decision...
...rely on you as a man of your word. Live and learn." Munro said the Paramount offer consisted of "smoke and mirrors," since it was subject to several conditions that included Paramount's ability to obtain financing and regulatory approval, a process almost certain to take longer than the Time-Warner proposition had. Such conditions, Munro argued, could not be met by the July 5 deadline that Paramount set on its bid for Time shares. The letter added, "Hostile takeovers are a little like wars: once they start, it's impossible to tell where they may end. The full effect...
...generation of AIDS patients may be on its way. It is a generation of ) hope -- not for a cure anytime soon but for a longer and more productive life despite the disease. One of its heralds is a 30-year-old housewife named Belinda Mason, who was infected with the virus when she received a transfusion of untested blood during delivery of her second child. She lives in Tobinsport, Ind., a heartland town where AIDS services are scarce and discrimination against patients is all too common. Yet Mason, who is chairwoman of the National Association of People with AIDS...
...people infected with the AIDS virus live longer, some are drawn back to high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sex or needle sharing, which exposed them to the virus in the first place. Investigators in New York City have found that nearly a third of the intravenous drug users who stopped sharing needles because of the AIDS scare later started again. A study of gay men in Chicago has shown that a quarter of those who had begun to practice safe sex occasionally reverted to unprotected sex. Officials in San Francisco are concerned that these behavioral relapses may soon trigger...
...independent advisory board, which will also determine whether the channel will accept advertising. Educators' Channel will offer instructional services for teachers and school administrators. But the ambitious scheme will still be funded by four 30-second spots during Channel One's daily newscast. The new plan no longer requires a school to offer the program in every classroom...