Word: brutalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...killings in Montreal were not random, nor were they isolated. That unusually well-publicized bloodshed was just one expression of a pervasive norm of violence against women. Although the brutal slaying of 14 women may seem like an extreme form of violence, it is not more extreme than the wife-beating, child sexual abuse and rape that make up the fabric of daily life but don't often make the nightly news...
...brutal and terrifying act. Its occurrence in a university setting brought widespread attention to the ugly reality of violence against women. What was a senseless tragedy can be an important turning point if we use our remembrance of that event to renew and invigorate our efforts to understand and remove the causes of violence against one another...
History keeps its own peculiar rhythms, sometimes rewarding the lowly and punishing the mighty with a brutal speed that leaves spectators gasping. Once imprisoned playwrights suddenly become Presidents (witness Vaclav Havel); dictators suddenly become jailed pariahs (witness Erich Honecker, among others). And sometimes history conspires to undo a leader who had so completely embodied the spirit of the times that she seemed destined to govern forever...
...mergers and acquisitions during the past few years has saddled the 30 largest retail companies with a staggering debt burden of $60 billion. Struggling to meet interest and debt payments, those companies must capture customers in order to survive. Says Gap chairman Donald Fisher: "It's going to be brutal...
...something of a fast track. In a brutal economic climate for magazines, Utne Reader's circulation has tripled in the past three years, to 204,000, making it one of the nation's fastest growing periodicals. Ad pages climbed more than 160% over the same period. The Reader hawks products like Birkenstock sandals, Gevalia coffee and "socially responsible" mutual funds while banning alcohol...