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...unrealistic to believe that once someone acquires AIDS, we will ever be able to get rid of it, but we may suppress it and we may stop their ability to transmit the disease," he said. "That's our goal...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: AIDS Expert Predicts Massive Epidemic | 2/20/1986 | See Source »

There is nothing wrong with protesting against a movie. But while efforts to suppress the film have not been endorsed by the Catholic Church, the Committee to Oust Hail Mary from America and its supporters have done a disservice not only to the general public and to those who wish to see the movie, but especially to people who are offended by its contents. Those who would suppress Hail Mary have distracted debate from the movie's substance and generated a notoriety which will only swell audiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Expression | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

Further, there is not yet a clear understanding of whether the Law School is seeking to suppress free speech or irresponsible protest...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha jr., | Title: Free Speech and Protest at the Law School | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

...person eats too many saturated fats, however, liver cells suppress the production of LDL receptors. Cholesterol then collects in artery walls in plaques, the hallmark of atherosclerosis. Conversely, a low-cholesterol diet stimulates the output of new receptors, thereby preventing heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Prizes: Honors for Seven Achievers | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

...R.S.C., Nunn, Lyricist Herbert Kretzmer and other writers radically refashioned the text. The result is less French than English in tone and idiom, but that seems apt: Hugo's socialistic portraits of the downtrodden but unconquerable poor, and of the implacable forces of law that try to suppress them on behalf of men of property, could have echoed forth from British history as easily as French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Jubilant Cry From the Gutter Les Miserables | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

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