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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many survivors acknowledge their indebtedness to such modern AIDS drugs as AZT, which is believed to hinder the replication of the virus and is the only federally approved drug to treat the disease. But many also cling to the belief that AIDS can be controlled largely through mental attitude. That is the case with Ronald Webeck, 40, of St. Petersburg, who found "positive thinking" last year, nearly two years after he was discovered to have AIDS. He marvels that he is still alive while more than 50 of his acquaintances have succumbed to the disease. Although he tires too easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surviving Is What I Do | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...what is this polo player's secret to her success? Her mental approach to the game would be the correct answer...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: She's Tough Under Fire | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

This broad social measure would force teens to support themselves at an earlier age, encouraging them to marry younger. Teens' mental growth would be in closer harmony with their physical growth, so that "education" would not hinder the maturation of teen-agers into adults...

Author: By Stephen L. Ascher, | Title: Growing Pains | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

Child-development specialists point out that it is difficult to assess a small child's mental abilities, because they are constantly evolving. "It's simply a bad time to be testing," says David Elkind, professor of child study at Tufts University. A youngster who cannot recognize a square one week, he notes, may have mastered geometric shapes the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Can Kids Flunk Kindergarten? | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...really one of our best games," Smith Coach Bonnie May said, "We committed a lot of mental mistakes...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Batswomen Pioneer A Smith Laugher, 10-1 | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

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