Five Cities with the Highest Incidence of AIDS
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The 'five cities with the highest incidence of AIDS' are cited to ground Susan's moral urgency and to turn abstract policy into targeted human consequence—these locations are the rhetorical lever for calling federal funding.
Invoked with urgency and moral weight rather than described physically.
Rhetorical evidence anchoring the call for federal needle-exchange funding.
Represents the human stakes behind policy choices and the moral imperative Susan invokes.
Not applicable; referenced as communities in need.
The 'five cities with the highest incidence of AIDS' are invoked as the concrete policy target Susan wants highlighted at the AMA; naming them grounds the abstract debate in human consequences and gives moral urgency to her tactical push.
Evokes urgency and moral gravity in the discussion.
Policy focal point used to justify immediate public action and lend moral weight to a speech.
Embodies the human cost behind the needle-exchange debate.
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In Senator Stackhouse's office a tactical debate becomes a loyalty trial. Susan publicly accuses Amy of serving "two masters" — invoking her White House ties — and demands Stackhouse hit …
In Stackhouse's office a tactical fight over optics becomes personal. Susan urges the Senator to use an AMA speech to force Ritchie's needle-exchange hypocrisy into the open; Stackhouse is tempted …