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...they did have a homosexual experience. Or that they flirted, many years ago, with intravenous drugs. At Sherman Oaks Hospital in California, which has been caring for AIDS patients since 1980, the nurses are no longer surprised. "When a guy says he got it from a woman, we just nod," says a nurse. "It's probably not true, but that's the way most of them want to handle it. And that's fine...
...League will scrap Freshman Football next year, but future frosh quarterbacks beware: You may be on the varsity team next year, but you might have to wait a long time before you get the starting nod...
...Mike Giardi's arm remains in a sling. Giardi's shoulder separation will keep him on the sidelines today and put classmate David Morgan in the limelight. Morgan, who stepped in for Giardi last week and threw for 37 yards on 2-for-5 passing, will get the starting nod...
...They gave me two options -- to hand my office over to ((Vice President Gennadi)) Yanayev and give the nod to the state of emergency, or to step down. They even tried to threaten me. I told them, 'You guys must have known I wouldn't agree to either. You're staging a coup d'etat. What you are trying to do with your committee is anticonstitutional and unlawful. This is adventurism that will result in bloodshed and civil war.' The general started trying to prove to me that they would see to it that such a thing wouldn't happen...
...forbids airline cockpit crews to sleep in flight, but weary pilots have been known to nod off on occasion. Crew fatigue is increasing because today's jumbo jets can remain airborne for 17 hours and longer. As a result, experts at NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have decided that it's time to change the rules to allow for preplanned, in-flight napping by one crew member at a time. The pilots would then be refreshed for descent and landing. The rule change might also help discourage the use of pep pills or other drugs...