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More disturbing is the potential scope of the disease, based on the rate of transmission and the varying incubation period, which some health authorities think may last as long as ten years. More than 1 million Americans are thought to be infected with the virus, and more than 90% of them do not know...
Following Koop's remarks, a Boston Globe editor who has written extensively on the AIDS crisis commented on the scope of the problem and criticized the Reagan Administration for responding inadequately to the public health issues involved...
...this room, the numbers are reversed--mostly girls use the exercise bikes. But I've noticed that guys come in to use the machines and scope the action," says one of the bike riders...
...rather than on telling the whole story of 20th century art. The Met's modern collection is not equal to that task anyway. Apart from decorative arts and furniture, it consists of some 6,000 works and is smaller than the Whitney's; it hardly begins to compare in scope and depth with MOMA's 65,000 objects...
Last week, in a landmark decision for working mothers, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the California law by a 6-to-3 vote, ruling that a state is permitted to require an employer to provide special job protection for workers temporarily disabled by pregnancy. Realistic in its scope and modest in its rhetoric, the decision could have enormous impact on the growing social dilemma caused by the influx of women into the job market over the past 25 years: the heavy burden of holding down a job and having children at the same time. "It's a wonderful victory," said...