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For just $10.00 you get the largest most complete health club in the Brazos Valley. Because you deserve the best in fitness, you deserve Aerofit. Check out what $10.00 gets you from the other clubs then come to Aeroflt and get the most for your money. Call today 823-0971 Page 4 • The Battalion STATE Tuesday • September 6,15 fii Barbara Bush offers glimpse into life with presiden Pub Former first lady recalls life in White House WASHINGTON (AP) — Re porters watching President Bush speak at the home bases of Desert Storm troops said the president was fighting off a cold, biit Bar bara Bush knew better. “That was no cold,” she wrote in her diary Feb. 4, 1991. “He was just so moved.” The diary entry is recorded in “Barbara Bush: A Memoir,” in which the former first lady offers a glimpse of life with George Bush through his 12 years as president and vice president and the couple’s ef- Barbara Bush forts to return to a more ordi nary life in Houston after leav ing the White House. Mrs. Bush defends her hus band at every turn and writes bitterly about those who criti cized him, but she acknowledges that she disagreed with him on two issues: She supports legal abortion and opposes sale of as sault weapons. Mrs. Bush says, however, she did her best to keep her opinions from the public while her hus band was in office. Of her successor as first lady, Mrs. Bush writes that Hillary Rodham Clinton seems stronger than President Clinton, which she predicts will cause problems for the president. “I am afraid that when prob lems or controversy occur, and they will, the finger will be point ed at Hillary,” Mrs. Bush says. “I am not saying this is right or wrong. It just occurs to me that the American people also are go ing through an adjustment.” Even for a first lady who dis tanced herself from policy-mak ing, there was tremendous stress in being married to the president, especially during the Persian Gulf War. “For the last twelve hours I have known something so dreadful that 1 can’t even imag ine it,” Mrs. Bush wrote in her diary in January 1991, hours before the United States began bombing Baghdad. “George told me last night that they decided it would start tonight. God knows they have given Saddam every chance.” The book includes passages from Mrs. Bush’s diary along with narrative describing her childhood and life with Bush — from their first meeting at a dance, through his military ca reer, campaigns and time in Congress, the CIA, as vice presi dent and president, She also tells about the move back to a private home in Hous ton after 12 years of being cared for by large staffs in White House and vice presij t’s house. Remembering how to was not a problem, Mrs. says, but her first attempt cooking after leaving the 111 House could make new for “1 Love Lucy.” dete After an encounter wii juicer that left carrots from floor to ceiling, thefoi president came in and to worry, he had brought din “He had made his first! to Sam’s Club and boughi world’s biggest jar of spa sauce and some spaghetti. Bush writes. But while clea carrots, she broke the jar, “That was the night and 1 made an amazing di ery. You can call out lor pi; “Barbara Bush: A Memo; published by Scribners for $25. It was scheduled ft lease Sept. 15 but is available in some stores. G( Identical twins participate in AIDS research projec FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Rudy Vasquez of Fort Worth, who has AIDS, says he’s looking forward to a federal re search project he’s been asked to partici pate in, even if he doesn’t understand it. Vasquez and his brother are among 12 sets of identical twins who are scheduled to participate in a federal blood cell-shar ing test. In each of the 12, one twin has AIDS and the other does not. “I feel like it’s helping other people, be ing a part of research,” said Vasquez, di agnosed with AIDS in 1992 after he was hospitalized for weeks with a bout of nearly fatal AIDS-related pneumonia. “I hope it can benefit and help some body else,” he said. “And, I hope it does what they want it to do in my system.” Vasquez, 32, and his brother, Ronnie, leave Wednesday for the initial physicals and screenings at the National Institutes of Health of Health in Bethesda, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Later, Rudy will be transfused with ge netically treated immune-system cells from his uninfected brother. Under privacy guidelines, project offi cials said they could not confirm the iden tity of research participants. The goal of the research is to learn hpw T'K'tn""' o n i > • r* ; , v( long T-cells live in the body of an individ ual with AIDS, said Dr. Robert Walker, principal investigator in the project for the National Institutes of Health. T-cells are a component of human blood that are key to fighting infection. A barometer of the overall strength of the body’s immune system, the T-cell count is about 800 in an average, healthy person. Rudy Vasquez said last week his T-cell count is “holding steady” at about 15, leaving him prey to nearly any type of infection. Walker’s research, which is about three months old, genetically treats T-cells drawn from the uninfected identical twin, causing more of the cells to grow in a lab oratory environment. The cells are also “marked” so they can be tracked inside the infected twin. “Identical twins provide a simply ideal ized model for reconstituting the immune system,” Walker told the Fort Worth Star- Telegram. “Their immune systems are in fact identical, and so when you transfer the cell from one to the other, you don't have the chance of rejection or of host diseases — the two major problems usually found in transplant experiments,” he said. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the Walker’s home agency, is conducting research with the National Center for, man Genome Research. The experiment could conceivablybti Rudy Vasquez’s T-cell count. “I'd he glad if it was just 500,” Vasij said. “But I’ve never let my T-cell bother me. I worry about other t What 1 can do — like that,” he said. Fort Worth-based American Airli: has offered to provide Rudy Vasquez minister of > fare for the first visit. “It sounds like important research 1 : could benefit a lot of people,” said! Kincaid, a spokesman with American lines in Fort Worth. in November, American received cism for the way attendants tread passenger with AIDS who used anIV during a flight. American officials apologized to Timothy Holless, who arrested after he refused to disembark In April 1993, American angered? groups when flight attendants ordei the linen changed after participantsii gay rights march had left the American Chairman Robert L. C called the incident deplorable. esday • Sept (AP)- It’s ba ehich means r lasses and — imes — more urveillance ca ng dogs, boo ocker search rom toting gun Seventy pe ion’s 50 larges ave installed i etect firearms pnt two years he National S ef. But preve; re also becon uburban and i “There is n ow that is ir ou’re rural, s aid Peter Bh ional Associ afety and Lav leers. 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