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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...destroy cells infected with the AIDS virus, but it has not yet been proved to be safe and effective in humans. In the unofficial trial, 42 patients have received Compound Q, which is derived from a Chinese cucumber-like plant. Among those taking the drug is Robert Pitman, 48, of San Francisco. Says he: "I was prepared to get it however I could. I was desperate enough that I would have injected it in my own living room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Drugs From The Underground | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...seas?" Well, they had been all summer. Naturally, the jib exploded. At the sound of the "boom," as Mainsheet Trimmer Jon Wright recounted for TIME Correspondent John Dunn, "everyone took off." High-wire Bowman Scott Vogel scrambled to pull the bad sail down, Mastman John Barnitt hurried to help. Pitman Jay Brown kept to his halyards. Grinders, tailors and trimmers shot off in appropriate directions, joined by Whidden and Navigator Peter Isler. Conner was left alone in the back of the boat at the wheel only he is ever permitted to spin. "Hey," he said calmly, "this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For the America's Cup | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Andrew M. Keen Pitman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 23, 1984 | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

Born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, she trained as a stenographer, and long after becoming a star prided herself that she could still take Pitman shorthand. But she planned to be a singer. Early in life she dropped the first syllable and final letter of her name with a typical explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Had Rhythm and Was the Top | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif.; Eli Lilly Co. and Pitman-Moore, Indianapolis; Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit; Sharp & Dohme and Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE 1955: It Works: Salk Polio Vaccine | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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