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November Sleep, perchance to dream Stage producer Joseph Papp dies Nov. 1 in New York City. Regarded as a visionary pres ence on Broadway and beyond, Papp's seminal legacy was the annual Shakespeare in the Park, a Big Apple tradition. Magic Los Angeles Laker legend Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive on Nov. 7 and I will retire from basketball. While a stunned world reacts with sadness, in simpler terms, Johnson joins hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions worldwide with the virus. Oh, Danny Boy Infamous draft dodger Dan Quayle visits Vancouver on Nov. 9 to receive the Patriot's Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The comic second-in-charge is met with a healthy protest. Drowning by Numbers Newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell "drowns" , mysteriously Nov. 5 near the Canary Islands. I Shrouded in controversy, his death opens tor- | rents of intrigue about Maxwell's relationship with Israeli secret intelligence. In more practi cal matters, files show Maxwell bilked employ- ^ ee' savings accounts of millions. ► Double standard | Speaking out during the Virginia Slims Championships, Martina Navratilova assails the double standard of AIDS, noting that if a j woman athlete announced she had slept with as many people as Magic Johnson said he had, she would be shunned, not honored. While sympathizing with Johnson's illness, Navratilova derided society's double standard about the sexual prowess of men versus women. 20
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