CITY EDITION
 
IN MAJOR FINDING, DRUG CURBS H.I.V. INFECTION IN NEWBORNS
by Lawrence K. Altman
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- A federally financed study has found that
the drug AZT drastically reduces transmission of H.I.V., the virus
that causes AIDS, from infected mothers to their newborns,
Government health officials said today." (p. A1,12)
 
THE GOLD IN OUR HILLS by Robert Redford
"SUNDANCE, Utah -- The West has always existed in the American
imagination as part myth, a pure and unspoiled 'frontier.' Yet
the unspoiled frontier is indeed a myth, merely a romantic
notion, and hasn't existed for a long time. It has been savaged
by mining, logging, grazing and the newest shovel on the block,
real estate development." (OP ED p. A17)
 
BOOKS OF THE TIMES: ONE MAN'S INFATUATION WITH THINGS JAPANESE
by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
"On Familiar Terms: A Journey Across Cultures" by Donald Keene
Illustrated. 292 pages. Kodansha International. $23
"A Westerner who is accepted by Japan's literary elite." (p. C17)
 
COMPUTERS AND TELEPHONES PAVE A NEW PATH TO A COLLEGE DEGREE
by Jon Nordheimer
"TRENTON, Feb. 17 -- ...The computer at Edison runs a network
that allows any student with a home computer, modem and telephone
line, in this country or abroad, to enroll in classes, communicate
with instructors and classmates, receive assignments, gain access to
study materials and even pay fees." (p. B1,5)
 
OBITS (p. D8)
VITTORIO RIETI, PROLIFIC COMPOSER IN NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE, DIES AT 96
 
DEREK JARMAN, 52, OUTSPOKEN BRITISH FILM MAKER
 
MARGARET LANE, 86, BRITISH WRITER ON BEATRIX POTTER AND THE BRONTES
 
That's it.
 
Robbin Murphy
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