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...nurse, but it shouldn't have. Seniors are one of the fastest-growing HIV-infected populations in the U.S. Sunny south Florida, a magnet for retirees, has the largest concentration of people 50 or older with HIV. Seniors account for 14% of AIDS cases in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, compared with 10% nationally. "You've got people contracting it later in life," says Drace Langford, a member of the Florida HIV/AIDS and Aging Task Force. But there are also seniors who have been living with HIV for years, thanks to the effectiveness of the new AIDS "cocktails...
...cornfields are a dream of perfect order, and the town seems entirely coherent, self-contained, a place where a person might live a whole life and consider it complete, a tiny civilization all its own." Then, beguiled by a sentimental image, he adds, "The town below fits in the palm of your hand. Shake it and it snows...
...people like him who hold our lives in the palm of their hands-cool-headed operators that are responsible for the safety of millions everday. Adventurous people who thrive on an atmosphere of high pressure and anxiety. Stressed-out husbands who are in the midst of third marriages and never have time for their families. And high-strung workers who are only human. They, too, can let personal problems manifest themselves into rivalries...
Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '99, president of the Harvard-Radcliff Society of Arab Students, says he thinks last month's "Saharan Nights" meal--featuring imported sand, palm trees, "oasis" tapas bars and fake snakes--was a little over...
Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '99, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Arab Students, says he thinks last month's "Saharan Nights" meal - featuring imported sand, palm trees, "oasis" tapas bars and fake snakes- was a little over...