Word: stamina
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...predatory world of American cities, runaways are near the bottom of the food chain. Some are ruthlessly abused; others become urban survivalists, displaying remarkable stamina and cunning. The younger children face the longest odds. "You have people preying on these kids from the minute they arrive at the Greyhound station and the train stations," says Barry Fisher, program director at San Francisco's Huckleberry House. "I remember one 12- year-old girl who was quickly scooped up by a pimp." AIDS is especially devastating: of 12 youths from a Hollywood squat tested last year, half were HIV-positive...
...Edward Laumann, Robert Michael and Stuart Michaels allotted only 90 minutes for their TIME interview. But once the session began, notes Chicago reporter Wendy Cole, "our discussion of sexual fantasies, adultery and homosexuality was so engrossing that more than four hours had passed before we noticed the time. Fortunately, stamina was not a problem...
...suppose Aristide is assassinated? Some Cedras supporters make no secret that their intention is to kill him. The U.S., they figure, will have no one else to support and will lack the stamina to wait out a long and messy struggle. It will pull its troops out and let a dictatorship come back in, negating anything that might have been gained by pushing Cedras into exile and/or pulling off a successful invasion...
...that it's open to all comers." Some analysts insist that CBS is worth $6.4 billion, or $400 a share -- nearly $100 more than last week's closing price. CBS must look mighty fetching to companies (like Disney and other studios) with an itch for a takeover and the stamina to endure the inevitable court battles and regulatory disputes. Billionaire oilman Marvin Davis, said to be interested in acquiring NBC, could find a CBS deal seductive, though Tisch last week reportedly said he would never sell his stock to Davis...
...left the council in full because I wasexhausted, the council was exhausted, andbecause... someone has to take responsibility andthere's a certain closure that needs to happen,"she says. She found that she "wasn't willing tocontinue to resurrect myself. I hadn't realizedhow my stamina had worn down. I wasn't eating, Iwasn't sleeping. The publicity was over-whelming.I started looking at the papers, and Mays G.Prabhu '94 became a different person from who Iwas...