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...next clue was confusing. Immigrants from Haiti turned up with AIDS. Not only was this puzzling???many claimed they were neither homosexuals nor drug users?but the discovery raised special problems for the epidemiologists. Homosexuality is scorned in Haiti, and the victims were reluctant to talk about their sexual habits. The language barrier also played a role; it was hard for investigators to describe in Creole?the everyday patois of Haiti?the homosexual acts in question, particularly since the same word applies to both homosexuality and transvestism. Many of the immigrants were in the U.S. illegally, and thus understandably reluctant...
Westerners accustomed to the atmosphere of improvisation at U.S. or French demonstrations are apt to find the Japanese protest scene quite different. Clashes between helmeted students and shield-carrying riot cops seem as stylized?and puzzling???as a No play. Moreover, the rioters, often led by members of the radical Zengakuren (a student federation), are usually higher on doctrine than drugs (pot has yet to spread far in Japan). Before long, however, Japanese dissent may be taking on a Western character...
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