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...preliminary decision in that regard could come as early as this week. No sooner had Clinton signed the bill than the American Civil Liberties Union and nearly two dozen other plaintiffs filed suit in federal court to have the indecency clause declared unconstitutional. The Department of Justice has a week to show cause why the judge should not impose a temporary restraining order. Federal prosecutors have agreed not to enforce the new law for now and stipulated in court that a second provision, criminalizing the electronic distribution of abortion information, is a violation of free speech...
Give us Coke or give us death! Has our Mealtime Messiah finally deserted us? Has Director of Dining Services Michael P. Berry finally become a true Harvard administrator and ceased to regard student opinion? We refer, of course, to the planned replacement of Coca-Cola products with Pepsi products in our dining halls...
Mellman believes, as do many doctors, that a positive attitude is a great ally in keeping the virus at bay. In that regard, Johnson is an ideal patient. "Initially [his HIV-positive status] was devastating, and it took a while for him to get through that," says Mellman. "But he's an extremely optimistic individual who really tends to look on the bright side of things. What you see with Earvin is what you get. He's a straight-shooting, positive guy, and I suspect that's a key to his success no matter what he does." Johnson says that...
Johnson also organized a worldwide touring basketball company to raise money and consciousness in the fight against AIDS. There are some critics who say Johnson hasn't done enough in that regard, citing his attendance at only two meetings of the AIDS commission to which President Bush appointed him. But because of his high profile and charisma, and because of his own admission that he engaged in numerous unprotected sexual encounters, Johnson has probably done as much to educate the public about AIDS as anybody...
...find out what happened to them. The two protagonists are members of the Peruvian Civil Guard assigned to this village, where work is inching ahead on construction of a government-financed highway. Although the guardsmen are supposedly there as keepers of the peace, they know the mountain people regard them at best with mistrust. "To tell the truth, you have to be pretty dumb to join the Civil Guard," Corporal Lituma tells his colleague. "The pay is lousy, nobody can stand you, and you're the first one they blow up with dynamite...