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...that the guru's allegations focused on the woman who had been his voice during a much publicized three-year silence that he undertook as a sign of spirituality. After he finally broke that silence last year, he warned his followers to guard against AIDS by using condoms and rubber gloves while engaging...
...publisher Faber & Faber, can be lyric and affecting, but too often he is portentous: "Almost as soon as the window had misted up, a great blast of steam wafted into the street. Pete felt like the witness to some awesome nuclear test of devastating power . . . We were the frayed rubber band inside the enormous balsa-wood airplane of rock and roll...
...Connolly, 43, an account executive for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Birmingham, Mich., was staying on the tenth floor of the Maria Isabel Sheraton. "The building swayed five or six feet each way. We were holding on to the walls as it went. It would go all the way one way and you'd think it was going over and you'd be dead. Then the next time it would sway all the way the other way and you'd think this time it would crash. Finally it righted itself, and we all ran out on the street." There Connolly...
...decades of progress in homosexual rights. Tales of AIDS-related homophobia abound: in New York City, some diners avoid restaurants that have gay waiters. In Washington, D.C., a doctor requires gays to be tested for AIDS before he will give them hair transplants. In Louisville, city detectives donned rubber gloves before entering a gay bar to check for underage drinkers. Says Ken Vance, director of a gay counseling center in Houston: "It's going to get worse before it gets better. As more people become aware of AIDS, there will be a bigger backlash against gays...
...occur to few civilians. Because the Soviets are constantly listening for audible signals from underwater U.S. craft, for example, submariners must be careful to keep telltale noise at a minimum. This effort includes obvious steps like maintaining complete radio silence. It also extends to such daily details as wearing rubber-soled shoes and refraining from knocking on hatches...