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Nothing wrong with that. The system for allocating research and treatment money in American medicine is archaic, chaotic and almost random anyway. Under the "Disease of the Month Club" syndrome, any disease that has in some way affected a Congressman or some relation gets special treatment. There is rough justice in this method of allocation because after a while Congressmen and their kin get to experience most of the medical tragedies that life has to offer. At the end of the day, therefore, funds tend to get allocated in a fairly proportionate...
AIDS is now riding a crest of public support, won in the rough and tumble of politics. All perfectly legitimate, and a tribute to the passion and commitment of AIDS activists. But that passion turns to mere stridency when they take to the streets to protest that a homophobic society has been ungenerous and stinting in its response to the tragedy of AIDS. In fact, American society is giving overwhelming and indeed disproportionate attention and resources to the fight...
Forty-one years of fighting for independence have worn down the rough edges of revolution like a well-pumiced stone. The largest of half a dozen tribes that rebelled against the republic of Burma in 1948, Karen insurgents have spent the past four decades waging war against Rangoon to establish an independent state in the southern part of the country. Of the 3 million ethnic Karens living in Burma, one-fourth have fled to jungle villages in the south, where the 5,000-man Karen army is based. Ignored or forgotten by most of the world, the anticommunist Karens rate...
...born in New York City. His mother was a public school teacher. "I never met my father," Fleck says. "He taught German for a living but was crazy about classical music. He named me after Bela Bartok, the Hungarian composer. He named my brother Ludwig after Beethoven. It was rough. The torture started in kindergarten...
...half an hour behind; that might mean the person joined the rebels' call to adopt Pakistan standard time. "Will you have a drink with us?" One should not say no; that might be a sign of Islamic fundamentalism. If the motorist does not pass the tests, the troops might rough him up -- and break an arm or nose...