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...left," says Michigan Psychologist Serum, "but it's not out of love. It's out of a desire to regain control." Indeed, batterers can be very calculating, both in how they deal with their wives and with the authorities once they are caught. They are frequently charming to a fault. Says Therapist Jeffrey Perez, who runs a program for batterers in New Orleans: "These guys are real slick and real glib. They can play therapy off against the court system and not have to be responsible...
...their partner has left or is threatening to, or they are attending under court order. By and large, they do not believe they have done anything wrong, sometimes insisting that they are not batterers at all. Those who own up to being violent frequently believe their wives are at fault. Nick, 33, an unemployed New Yorker who chose a six-week counseling program over 90 days in jail, is franker than most. "Most of the time I thought I was right. It [the violence] was called for." If they stay in a treatment program, and very few do without...
Tall, poised and impeccably dressed, Gray, 42, is a third-generation minister who returns home on weekends to preach at the Bright Hope Baptist Church in North Philadelphia. His critics in the Second District, including old machine politicians and more militant black leaders, fault Gray for his coziness with Philadelphia's white power structure. But his ability to move smoothly between the two worlds has clearly paid off for blacks. In 1978 he formed a coalition with white liberals that defeated a charter-change proposal that would have allowed then Mayor Frank Rizzo another term. Gray was the first...
...with wreaths and national flags, from the trade union hall of Jinotega to the local church. At least 2,000 townspeople solemnly marched alongside. Their anger, however, was not reserved exclusively for the contras. Insisted Truck Driver Juan Ramón Hernandez, "It's the army's fault. They allow the soldiers to take these civilian buses. The contras know this and so they ambush them and innocent people are killed...
...penalizing those who violate the law, this result seems inequitable and unjust. Nevertheless, it can be argued that the statute simply reflects a desire not to use the taxpayers' money to benefit those who violate federal laws. Moreover, even if the legislation is unfair, the fault lies with the Congress and does not necessarily afford a compelling basis for having the University provide reimbursement...