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...then Secretary of Health and Human Services, said AIDS would make black death -- the bubonic plague that wiped out as much as a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages -- "pale by comparison." In a frightening, controversial book, sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson contended that toilet seats could transmit the AIDS virus and that the deadly disease would run rampant among heterosexuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Special Report: Good and Bad News About AIDS | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...year. In the Russian Republic, the Soviet region that is home to about half the country's population, meat available at state stores is so scarce that 1 out of every 3 consumers obtains a ration card to ensure a supply. Now, however, everyday items like good shoes and toilet paper are also missing from the shelves. Shoppers in Moscow are queuing for laundry detergent, and last week the capital was virtually bereft of gasoline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Why the Bear's Cupboards Are Bare | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...certainly pays to recycle. From 100,000 tons of typical Japanese garbage comes enough wood pulp to make a roll of toilet paper that would wrap around the earth ten times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: The Good News: Japan Gives Trash a Second Chance | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...bathroom, Steinberg came in bearing in his arms the bruised and unconscious girl. When Nussbaum asked what had happened, she testified, Steinberg replied, "What's the difference what happened? This is your child. Hasn't this gone far enough?" He then ordered her to flush the toilet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hedda's Hellish Tale | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...spontaneous thing done just for fun," the student said, "but if the cops had come along, I think we would have offered to put all the toilet paper back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/15/1988 | See Source »

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