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...common practice on college campuses. In these attacks, which represent about half of all reported rapes, the victim knows her assailant, sometimes just to say hello to and sometimes on a friendlier basis. That makes the victim fear people will regard her as guilty in some way. Says Martha Burt, research associate at the Urban Institute in Washington: "Women end up being their own worst punishers...
...Wednesday, Soviet diplomats threatened to move unilaterally. Charge Oleg Sokolov telephoned Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt to announce that he was scheduling a press conference that afternoon, after which Andrei would depart Washington. As a "big concession from Moscow," he added, Burt could attend. The U.S. diplomat replied that the plan was "totally unacceptable" and promised to denounce it in advance at the State Department's noon press briefing. Sokolov replied that he had already notified the U.S. press of his plans. "There was the potential for an ugly confrontation," recalled one U.S. official. "We were fully prepared...
...been bluffing all along. Later that day, the Soviets gave more ground. If they went ahead and held their press conference on Thursday, said a Soviet representative, and then took the Berezhkovs to the airport, perhaps the family might encounter some of the U.S. press there, as well. Burt took that as a signal that the Soviets were ready to compromise and on his own arranged a way to spend some time with Andrei...
...carried the Berezhkov entourage to the waiting TWA L-1011 jetliner. During an unscheduled "delay" on the trip across the tarmac, the vehicle was ringed by six State Department security agents, who were prepared to take custody of Andrei if he indicated any desire to stay in the U.S. Burt did not quiz the youth directly about politics, since Charge Sokolov was also on board; they talked about ordinary matters, such as school and the youth's musical interests. But, says one official familiar with what Andrei said, "he had his chance. He could have given us a sign...
...redneck's point of view, Joe Bob Briggs (a pseudonym for Movie Critic John Bloom) tells his readers where they can find what they want: nudity, sex and gore galore. Joe Bob's alltime favorite was The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but he also raved about Burt Reynolds' W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings. Reviewing the new Stroker Ace, a dreary bomb starring Reynolds and Loni Anderson, he found much to praise: "Five motor-vehicle chases. Eight crashes. No beasts. No breasts, but Loni comes close. One beer-joint brawl. One guy through a plate-glass window...