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...liked each other and were interested in the same things," Catherine M. Galbraith '36 says. "I never felt harassed...In the olden days, people had better manners...
...SUNDAY, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER JESSE JACKSON began a fast in support of HIV- infected Haitians wishing to immigrate to the U.S. He was quickly joined by Olden Polynice, the Haitian-born center for the Detroit Pistons basketball team. But the growls of their stomachs fell on deaf ears. On Thursday the Senate voted to prevent people infected with the AIDS virus from immigrating to the U.S. The prohibition had been a matter of policy; the Senate action is a step toward making it law. "It was a meanspirited vote," says Jackson...
...important sect or cult has been born for decades. The colorful creeds from olden times are tiny or extinct, among them Baha'i, One-Faith, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Hemlockite death cult. Of the assorted new revelations that were announced toward the end of the second millennium, only Mormonism maintains global reach, but it remains relatively small. On the other hand, the ancient forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, once considered near- cults in the U.S., have become sizable and respectable there...
...look at the bright side," Jim said. "Inthe olden days, a woman bearing a child out ofwedlock would've been stoned to death...
...parasites. This constant state of inflammatory alert damages the bronchial walls, creating scar tissue. As a result, the airways can no longer clear the mucus that forms deep in the lungs. The ensuing buildup reduces the flow of air and sets the stage for the next attack. "In olden times, which was only about five or 10 years ago, we all concentrated on the bronchospasm and assumed the patients were all right between episodes," says Dr. Peter Konig of the University of Missouri. "Now we see that inflammation is there from the beginning even in mild or asymptomatic cases...