Word: scared
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...since advances in treatment mean that a decreasing proportion of HIV-infected individuals contract full-blown AIDS. Compiling a database of the infected makes it easier to track (and prevent) the spread of the disease. But HIV/AIDS, once considered the "gay plague," still carries a stigma, and that could scare many HIV-positive people away from putting their names in a database. They may not be reassured by the CDC recommendation that states make it a felony to release the names of HIV patients. "This is all part of a larger issue of privacy versus the ability to track...
...subway ride to become a veritable sing-along. There, one can actually "Take the A Train," and it's great fun to sing the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme song while entering Brooklyn. The trouble, of course, is the bevy of thugs (meaner than Vinny Barbarino) and wayward youth who scare timid passengers, especially tourists, into silent submission. Nevertheless, the subway's filth fairly represents the less attractive features of city life. If Jefferson and Hamilton had had to ride the New York subway to work every day, we might all be living on the farm...
...appeared that Harvard had things under control halfway through the third period on Saturday, but the Bulldogs rallied for three goals in the last 13 minutes of regulation to give the Crimson a scare...
...even winning favorable reviews from a majority of moderate and conservative Democrats, according to data collected by the Pew Research Center. And while he has lost ground in New Hampshire, Bush is still the favorite of conservative Republicans in national polls. "Bush is a conservative who doesn't scare moderates," brags a top adviser, who insists that Bush can lose New Hampshire to McCain and still cruise to the nomination. "Our message doesn't just resonate with one target group; it resonates with all of them...
...just being an alarmist. Seriously, doesn't this scare you? 'Cause it scares the bejeebers out of me. And you know what? There's still time for another weird incident. The week isn't over...