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...Residencias Tequendama; a television reporter told Juan Pablo his father was dead. "If it's true," said the boy, unable to disguise the pain in his voice, "I'll kill all the sons of bitches." Later in a telephone interview with TIME, Juan Pablo said, "I apologize for my harsh words when I was told about my father's death. You must understand our grief. We've lost the head of our family, our beloved father. But I will not try to avenge my father's death. We want peace like the rest of Colombia...
...ways to protect civil rights without sacrificing public health. A major AIDS-prevention campaign ought to be accompanied by intensive public education about the ways the illness is not transmitted, by additional safeguards on data banks and by greater penalties for those who abuse HIV victims. It may be harsh to say, but the fact that an individual may suffer as a result of doing what is right does not make doing so less of an imperative. Note also that while society suffers a tremendous loss of talent and youth and is stuck with a gargantuan bill, the first victims...
Although some students said they felt committee members were fishing for complaints, the questioning was not harsh or unfriendly, students said...
...Marxism is a very coherent ideology," he says, lighting a harsh Populares cigarette in his small, dim living room. "It seemed to have all the answers." He laughs at the idea as he fingers his worn ration book. The modest economic steps the government has taken "won't solve anything," he says. "I think it's more to save the government's face. We're making some changes to look good to the outside world." He explains how each new decree will still leave the state in charge. "They don't want to take these measures, or any measures...
...School's library, Langdell, offers a luxurious alternative to the harsh lighting and hard chairs of Lamont...