Word: useful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Larkin of England, one of several AIDS sufferers who were invited by the Vatican. Frustrated by the council's tight control of the agenda, some 50 dissidents accused it of hindering open discussions, then set up their own lunch-hour conference. On the sidelines, some medical professionals defended the use of condoms; others accused the church of homophobia. John White, a priest who contracted the virus while in Kenya and now runs an AIDS treatment center in London, was ejected from one conference session for wearing a sandwich board that read THE CHURCH HAS AIDS. Declared one participant from...
...meeting strengthened Roman Catholic officialdom's stand against advocating condom use for homosexuals or distribution of sterile needles to drug addicts, particularly in a tough opening speech by New York's John Cardinal O'Connor. Father Rocco Buttiglione of Liechtenstein's International Academy of Philosophy went so far as to suggest that the AIDS scourge could be a "divine punishment," but quickly added that it was aimed not just at sexual misconduct but at all modern forms of sinfulness. The various flare-ups tended to obscure the repeated theme on which everyone at the conference agreed: AIDS is a horrendous...
...under tightly regulated conditions but says nothing about programs in which people interact with the animals. The National Marine Fisheries Service, which monitors the capture and treatment of marine mammals, is holding a series of meetings to determine whether it should revise the way it permits private interests to use dolphins. For the swim programs, the stakes are high: they will have to shut down at the end of the year should NMFS decide they are not in the best interest of the animals...
...when the camera zooms in for a closeup of the National Football League action, look carefully at the helmets. Chances are you will see the ) word Riddell emblazoned on the nose guard. Riddell Inc. of Chicago has 60% of the N.F.L. helmet market and a peculiar contract: if players use another brand of helmet, they must cover the maker's name. Riddell won that provision in return for supplying N.F.L. teams with free helmets, pads and jerseys...
...tests by both the Navy and the Federal Aviation Administration show that the smoke masks offer just about one-tenth the protection required by service specifications. A spokesman for the company would say only, "We do not think Mr. Duvall is correct." Meanwhile, the hoods are still in use...