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<text id=92TT0252>
<title>
Feb. 03, 1992: No G'Day for Magic
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Feb. 03, 1992 The Fraying Of America
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
PEOPLE, Page 64
No G'Day for Magic
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<p>By Michael Quinn
</p>
<p> Basketball's Magic Johnson became a sudden symbol of the
battle against AIDS when he revealed that he has the HIV virus.
Now he is getting a crash course in the prejudice resulting
from such honesty. Dr. Brian Sando, medical chief of
Australia's Olympic basketball team, suggested last week that
Aussie players boycott games against the Americans if Magic was
among them. Sando's quackish excuse: Johnson could pass the
virus to other athletes. Dave Gavitt, president of U.S.A.
Basketball, insisted "Magic Johnson's eligibility for the 1992
Olympic Games is not in question." But no need to throw another
bigot on the barbie: Australian Olympic officials decreed there
would be no boycott. Elsewhere, Johnson's name remained magic.
He handily qualified for a spot in February's All-Star game. And
he is one of the famous faces in Michael Jackson's new video,
Remember the Time, to be released next week.
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</body></article>
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