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...people who had become infected with HIV even though they had engaged in oral sex only. Erring on the side of caution, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta added unprotected oral sex to the list of unsafe sex practices several years ago. "From our standpoint, the study reinforces the evidence we've collected over the years," says Dr. Helene Gayle, an HIV-prevention expert at CDC. "Just as in any other means of sexual contact, people have to understand what the risk is and take the appropriate precautions." In other words, it's not enough...
...sure, Clinton, on his eight-day jaunt to South Korea, Japan and Russia, was also pursuing objectives that are valid from a purely foreign-policy standpoint. On the South Korean island of Cheju, he unfurled a proposal for a four-power conference (North and South Korea, the U.S. and China) to draft a peace treaty replacing the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. Whether or not such a conference ever begins, the mere proposal serves a number of purposes. It allays the perpetual South Korean fear that the U.S. will strike a deal with Pyongyang behind its back. Simultaneously...
However, despite the Crimson's batting troubles, the games were actually very positive from every other standpoint...
Margulies said no specific number of staff reductions has been determined. The extent of the cuts will be evaluated from the standpoint of cutting costs rather than on the number of people...
...From a scriptural standpoint, there is nothing in the Koran [forbidding] family planning," Sadik said...