Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...around 1,000--Schwartz's doctor put him on AZT, one of the few drugs then available that attack the virus directly. Both understood that it would fail after a while. Later Schwartz added 3TC, another antiviral. AIDS took a first cuff at him anyway. He began experiencing memory loss and having difficulty concentrating. Every few weeks, something that felt like the flu would send him to bed for days. In the summer of 1995 he took a disability leave from his New York law firm. A few months later he had his first AIDS-related hospitalization, for meningitis...
...Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup finals as their fans showered ersatz rats--panther food--on their far more established foes: the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Alas, the Panthers were swept away in the finals by the Colorado Avalanche, but their 1-0 triple-overtime loss in Game 4 was unforgettable, as was the heroism of goalie John Van Biesbrouck...
...Adair's first book of poetry is one of the year's imaginative peaks. The 87 poems by this 83-year-old poet are short--the longest runs to 52 lines--and as richly terse as haiku. But the many themes addressed in this collection--life and love and loss--are clear and capacious, a distillation of life into a perfect ordering of words...
...Harvard victory Saturday is its second straight win against a strong opponent since an embarrassing 37-point loss to Arizona last weekend...
...desire to offer women equal rights in the U.S. armed services [NATION, Nov. 25], we seem to have lost sight of the main purpose--to attain difficult military objectives against strong enemies with maximum efficiency and minimum loss of American lives. The armed services have made a good attempt at enlisting both sexes in these goals, but the losses exceed the gains. EDWARD J. KINGSBURY Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts...