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...blaming her promiscuity for the incident. In another high profile rape case in 1991, William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was charged with raping Patricia Bowman at the Kennedy estate in Florida. His defense team hired private investigators to look into Bowman’s background and obtain her medical records. The defense lawyers explained to the media that they wanted the files because they suspected that Bowman was mentally disturbed and promiscuous. While the judge ultimately excluded the evidence, the highly publicized controversy shifted the public’s attention to her motives?...
...like, a spot on a recruiting list still represents a huge advantage in admissions. “We try to let Byerly know who could be a major contributor,” says freshman rowing coach Bill Manning. “We share with them more about their athletic background, what race results may be, competitions they’ve participated in, what might be happening around here that could make them a good fit. I equate it with a very strong counselor recommendation in someone’s file or a good music review of a tape...
...college students, are the only group of voters who have both the luxury of relegating economic concerns to the background and the extra time to spend actively promoting our social views. We’ll be under the yoke of money and taxes and jobs soon enough. Whatever our social views, let’s vote with our hearts, not our wallets, while we still...
...storyline, the almost overwhelming history of these two teams. Think of Fenway’s green mon-stah and Wrigley’s ivy in the same series. Think of the overly dramatic video montages ESPN and FOX would put together with American flags waving in the background...
...University press release, she said that her personal background helped inform her work...