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...addition, the hotels argued, Harvard could have gone ahead with the conference if it had been willing to obtain a waiver of the restrictions from the Department of Immigration and Naturalization. Such a waiver permitted individuals with HIV to attend the 1990 International Conference on AIDS, held in San Francisco...
...course, there remains a perk gap -- the chasm between what government officials give up and the privileges that remain. Presidential assistants are entitled to diplomatic passports, which means they can obtain them nearly overnight. For entertainment, there are the three presidential boxes at Kennedy Center theaters, which aides often use. Among the choicest berths are vacation homes in the Grand Tetons and the Virgin Islands available at Motel 6 rates...
Under the new program, the Housing Authority would obtain permission to bring more working and middle-income families into the 800-apartment development, which currently faces economic difficulties and crime...
...Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Weinerth and New York City activist Jean Arnold set up the clearinghouse operation in January 1990. Its efforts reflect more than concerns over hurt feelings or political correctness. A stream of negative images, advocates argue, makes it harder for recovering patients to find work, obtain housing or participate fully in society. "We're not language police," concludes Arnold. "We don't expect the word crazy to disappear. But we're hoping for the day when these stereotypes are as unacceptable as racist and sexist remarks...
...urged scientists to preserve the "freedom of inquiry" and to continue to conduct research creatively without compromising the need to obtain results as quickly as possible...