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American interest in African AIDS has intensified since a series in the Boston Globe gave the issue new prominence last fall. So Gore's announcement appealed to domestic voters such as the gay-rights groups that attacked him last summer for allegedly supporting U.S. pharmaceutical companies trying to block the...
Primaries use secret ballots, similar to those in general elections. Primary voters choose a slate of delegates who are affiliated with a particular candidate. In most states, those delegates sign a pledge to vote at the state convention for the candidate they represent.
But with the formation of the Boston colony of Delta Lambda Phi, a national gay fraternity, members are challenging both of those perceptions, according to President and Pledge-master Paul S. Mercurio.
Treasurer and Secretary Christian P. Pincock, a senior at the New England Conservatory, said the pledge process helped them get to know each other.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a long-standing, vocal proponent of AIDS education, welcomed a $150 million pledge from Vice President Al Gore, who also gave assurances that the U.S. military could be used to help stop the spread of AIDS. Annan warned council members that the disease, which strikes...