Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year were infected. Masters, Johnson and Kolodny admit that their results "cannot be easily generalized" because those studied were not representative of the population at large. Despite this disclaimer, they conclude, "the AIDS virus has certainly established a beachhead in the ranks of heterosexuals, and . . . the rate of spread among heterosexuals will now begin to escalate at a frightening pace...
...lethal mosquitoes: stiletto nose, ! bulging belly, tightly angled wings. Passing over their target area, the fighters roll out into a curved line, vanishing behind a range of mountains. They are preparing to drop bombs on American soil, but groundlings needn't worry. The object is to dominate a point spread, not an enemy...
...numbers provide reassuring proof that not all Harvard students are the self-centered, pre-professional yuppies Allan Bloom and William J. Bennett would like us to think. By funding 51 public service programs, PBH ensures that undergraduates will not isolate themselves behind the Yard's ivy walls but instead spread Harvard's resources in the community. The 94-year-old organization plays an important role in the lives of the underprivileged in Boston and Cambridge--operating programs such as summer camps, tutoring and free legal help for the poor...
...enclave's mostly Christian Armenians, complaining of discrimination by the Muslim majority in Azerbaijan, have sought a union with the Armenian republic. Last month officials of the Armenian republic petitioned Moscow to allow it to ^ annex the territory. Moscow's refusal touched off protests in Nagorno-Karabakh that spread to Yerevan...
...issue of artists' rights has intensified in the U.S. with the spread of public art since the 1970s, spurred by a 1963 federal policy that one-half of 1% of the construction budget for Government buildings must go for the purchase of art. At a time when the aims of modernism and the tastes of a broad public are not always in accord, some of that art, like Tilted Arc, has met with hostility or indifference. One federal judge in Baltimore even organized his judicial colleagues in a bid to block a George Sugarman sculpture planned for the plaza...