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...Saudi Arabia's King Fahd paid a five-day state visit to Washington, the first by a monarch from the Desert Kingdom in 14 years. His principal message: the U.S. has a responsibility to use its influence in an effort aimed at achieving peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors...
Every year the haunting stone ruins on the steep eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes are pummeled by up to 230 in. of rain. Getting to the site, 300 miles north of Lima, requires a five-day trudge through some of the highest tropical jungle in South America, a haven for jaguars, spectacled bears and giant anteaters...
When Zovirax becomes available in mid-February, there will be another restraint: price. A five-day regimen of the capsules will cost from $15 to $18; the tag for six months of use will be a hefty $360. Despite the costs and the limitations as a treatment, health officials are enthusiastic about the new form of acyclovir. "It is a very useful tool," says Mary Guinan, an associate director at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. "We welcome it as part of our armamentarium in our war against sexually transmitted diseases...
...loss, before more than 4000 fans at Lafayette's Kirby Field House, dropped the Crimson's record to 11-2 and left the squad 1-1 through the first two games of its current three-game, five-day road trip...
...extent of the famine was brought home last week to Texas Democratic Congressman Mickey Leland. Chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger. After completing a five-day visit to two Ethiopian relief stations. Mekele and Korem, he described the experience with a quavering voice: "It was incredible to me. The suffering of those little children in the hospital in Mekele-never have I seen anything so horrifying...