Word: countrywomen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Call me William Jefferson. I originated in a place called Hope, but which might as well have been called Lust or All-Consuming Ambition, and I came roaring forth filled with a soaring zest to converse, to consume, to bunk down with my fellow countrymen and especially countrywomen on the warm, level mattress of Democracy. But somewhere along the way, I discerned a cold, repellent glint in America's eye. Maybe it was my stepfather's rages, or the way my wife's face hardened when the subject turned to cattle futures or real estate or banking. So I learned...
...followed by a thorough clawing. Raisa Gorbachev is "a cultural and intellectual snob." She is tactless abroad and a hypocrite at home. "Despite all her moralistic lectures," writes Sheehy, "Raisa is known for doing very little to alleviate the cruel conditions that dictate the lives of most of her countrywomen...
...crime of performing abortions. She was one of the last three women executed in France. If her story were made into an American TV movie, Giraud would cut one of two familiar figures. She might be a pioneer battler for reproductive rights, bravely tending to the misery of her countrywomen. Or she could be the cold and soulless predator, robbing a besieged nation of its progeny...