Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just one place." This suits Jonathan fine. His childhood was disagreeably eventful: both parents disappeared during World War II. As a young man, he was pressured into the army and then into an unsuitable, short-lived marriage. Since then, he has carefully constructed a hermetic existence designed to protect himself from all surprises. His plan works, until the morning he discovers a pigeon staring at him in the hallway outside his attic room. The protagonist of German Author Patrick Suskind's second novel seems as commonplace as the monstrous main character of his first, the international best seller Perfume...
...treatment centers for intravenous drug users, home care for AIDS patients and a streamlined federal approval process to speed up the delivery of experimental AIDS drugs. In the latest document, Watkins went further and emphasized two measures that the Reagan Administration has stiffly opposed: new federal antidiscrimination laws to protect those infected with the AIDS virus from loss of jobs, insurance and housing, and new confidentiality statutes to ensure accurate testing for and reporting of the disease. The draft report, which must be approved by the full commission before it goes to the President, is already being hailed by health...
...disease have been stymied because people at high risk have feared being stigmatized by showing up for tests. "An effective guarantee of confidentiality is the major bulwark against that fear," the report asserts. However, it also establishes clear exceptions to the rule: namely, when there is a need to protect those "who may unknowingly be in immediate danger of being exposed" to the AIDS virus. Among them are victims of sexual assaults, health-care workers who are accidentally exposed and those who may be treating infected individuals...
...20th century invader: a 1.2 million-sq.-ft. shopping center that is being bulldozed on a site that served as Robert E. Lee's headquarters in 1862. "Greed is fighting a battle with our heritage," charges Annie Snyder, leader of the Save the Battlefield Coalition, a group struggling to protect the 540 acres adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park. "Developers want to pave over ground where brave men are buried...
...protect itself from the vicissitudes of a fickle business, Ford has been moving to diversify. Since 1985, it has bought an 80% stake in Hertz (for $1.3 billion); California's First Nationwide Bank ($493 million), the fourth largest U.S. thrift institution; and BDM International ($425 million), a military research firm that will supplement Ford's longtime aerospace expertise. Ford is rumored to be interested in using its $10 billion cash hoard to go after a much larger acquisition, perhaps a company the size of Boeing, Lockheed or Singer...