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...intransigent and by Afrikaner hard-liners of being too soft. The provision of new housing and the imminent repeal of the sex laws were moves in the right direction. But both seemed small steps along a path that promises to be long and painful. --By Pico Iyer. Reported by Peter Hawthorne/Cape Town
...infected. Says Essex: "The African greens may have evolved a mechanism to control the virus." This mechanism of immunity, once understood, could help scientists in their all-out battle, particularly in the search for a vaccine. Nonetheless, most researchers believe that AIDS will remain a threat for decades. Says Peter Fischinger of the National Cancer Institute: "We have here a very tough opponent." --By Claudia Wallis. Reported by Christine Gorman and B. Russell Leavitt/Atlanta
...Peter Boenisch, a Bonn government spokesman, complaining about the uproar in the U.S. over the Bitburg visit, said, "We can't start denazification of the cemeteries." Exactly. That's the reason to stay away...
...plans and got down to work. Around the country, correspondents switched their attention from old Coke aficionados and Pepsi partisans to gastroenterological surgeons and cancer experts. Senior Writer George Church and Associate Editor Evan Thomas dovetailed their efforts on the main story about the President's operation. Senior Correspondent Peter Stoler, who once served as a TIME Medicine writer, was pressed into action, flying from New York City to Washington to report from the scene...
...Peter J. Pecora, Senior Director of Research Services at Casey Family Programs—an organization promoting advances in child-welfare practice and policy—stressed that the frequent placement changes and lack of permanent support guarantees often faced by foster children contribute to feelings of anxiety and social instability...