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A 20-minute tram ride takes you out to the Yashima peninsula, formerly an island famed for the momentous battles in which the Minamoto clan drove out their Taira rivals in 1182, heralding the country’s rule by military dictatorship for the next seven centuries.
The NYT front tells of a U.N. report just out disclosing that in certain parts of Africa one in four adults is infected with HIV--and most of them will die as a result because Africans cannot for the most part afford the combination drug therapies that can keep the virus in check--and that worldwide, AIDS now rivals the greatest epidemics of history.
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Since Buchanan's combativeness and loyal base make him hard to write off as a candidate, his rivals have persuaded the media at least to write him off as a Republican by inferring that his low score at Ames will prompt him to transfer to the Reform Party.
But PointCast's success at "push" is drawing lots of rivals, both small start-ups and the big boys.