<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishLakini baada ya majaribio ya kuwaangamiza kuanza chini ya Rais Reagan, na kuongezeka na mapungufu ya Maplethorpe, kazi ya Yates ilijihusisha na kuwaweka hai.  <response>: But after attempts to eliminate them began under President Reagan, and intensified with the Mapplethorpe fiasco, Yates career became preoccupied with keeping them alive. 