Word: ryans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Ryan White of Kokomo, Ind., returned to school last winter, after being diagnosed with AIDS, he was greeted first by picketers and then a court order barring the young hemophiliac from the premises. But all was quiet last week when the 14-year-old walked through the doors of Western High School for the start of eighth-grade classes. "He's going to be a regular student like everyone else," said Principal Charles Wolf. True, Ryan's reinstatement resulted from another court order, and true, AIDS victims around the country still face formidable prejudices. But the calm in Indiana...
...long way off, though, and the prognosis for AIDS victims remains grim. Their comforts must be derived chiefly from the effort to live as normally as possible in the face of a ticking clock -- an exhausting enough business without prejudice or the threat of quarantine. "It's great," said Ryan White when asked how he liked being back in school, "but it's a long...
Business has also been good in other parts of the globe. Several new Third World carriers, including Nigeria Airways and Air Lanka, have become GPA customers thanks to an enticing package offered by Tony Ryan, the company's innovative chairman. Ryan, 50, will supply neophyte airlines not only with planes but with flight and ground crews as well...
Bertagna manages to transform 250-odd pages of encyclopedia material into attention-grabbing vignettes. Witness the shot of Ryan O'Neal mugging with the 1969 freshman hockey squad--complete with freshman Bertagna--during filming of Love Story at Watson Rink. Bet you never knew that then-freshman coach Bill Cleary '56 helped direct the skating scenes--and stood in for O'Neal during the on-ice shooting...
...more important, to become the first player to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Clemens, who eight months ago had arthroscopic shoulder surgery, did it with a 97-m.p.h. fast ball and no walks. The old mark of 19 was jointly held by Nolan Ryan (1974), Tom Seaver (1970), Steve Carlton (1969) and Charlie Sweeney (1884). "Personally, it hasn't quite hit me yet," says Clemens, 23, who is apparently slower than the public in that respect. Next morning, Red Sox fans were in line bright and early to buy tickets for the next appearance...