Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ATERRIFYING SPIRAL OF violence and discrimination directed toward homosexuals may already be underway as a result of the disease's spread and the nation's resurgent conservatism. Consider the actions of conservative minister Jerry Falwell, for example, who leads what he has publicly called a "truth campaign to counter the homosexual attack on America." "Fag bashing" is a primary theme of the New Right's agenda; mail campaigns during the Presidential race often mentioned "gay support" for the Democratic Party. A recent Houston ordinance which prohibited the use of "sexual orientation" as a consideration when hiring city employees was defeated...
...Terriers played the University of Lowell (Mass.) Chiefs before a meager crowd of 28 reporters and college officials. The reason: rubeola, or measles. Because the disease had already struck 55 undergraduates, university officials & barred students from attending all sporting events. They also canceled plays and lectures to prevent further spread of the contagion...
...organized a * theocratic state that punished it. Wearing jewelry or playing cards was made illegal. A woman caught in adultery was drowned in the Rhone. A theologian who disputed Calvin was burned at the stake. Yet Calvin's teachings attracted followers from all over Europe, and his disciples spread his stern version of Protestantism to France, Scotland and New England...
...Reagan's part, he was eager to spread the word. What he enjoyed most, his intimates say, was describing "a vision of the future that offers hope." Reagan's enthusiasm eventually silenced doubts down the chain of command. He was now personally engaged in nuclear affairs as never before. In the six weeks between the J.C.S. meeting and his televised speech, he had drastically changed U.S. strategic policy...
...agreement is an adjunct to the 1970 nonproliferation treaty, designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. More than 90 other nations have similar arrangements with the IAEA, including the U.S., which signed an inspection agreement in 1980. Moscow did not agree to the idea in principle until 1982, and subsequent negotiations on the actual terms of the new document took 16 months. How important a concession is the accord? That may depend on what Soviet facilities have been opened for inspection: the latest, advanced civilian nuclear plants, or merely old, outdated ones...