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This week in 1981: doctors identified a new disease called AIDS - for which there was no known cure; President Reagan curtailed Soviet trade in reprisal for Polish policy; This week marks my 20th year of writing this column; and a singer from Robbinsville, North Carolina, had his 33rd hit record and his 19th No. 1!