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...always thought it might have been your fault; you always felt guilty. And even when you knew it shouldn't have happened, you weren't sure other people would believe...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Dear Rape Survivor... | 11/1/1990 | See Source »

...Hell and $ back. (That's Hell, Mich., 30 miles distant, a tiny town consisting of little more than a creek, a grocery store and a bar called the Dam Site Inn.) Conditioned by years of driving subpar American subcompacts, I was genuinely surprised to find almost nothing at fault with the car. Spectacular it is not, but it is very good. And it comes loaded with the thoughtful amenities that have allowed the Japanese to outclass American automakers in the small-car market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Road Test: Does the Car Measure Up? | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...part for sentimental reasons, chiefly to shore up his foreign policy credentials). He is critical of the Bush Administration's Asian policy, but has yet to formulate one of his own, which he believes is a President's role, not a Senator's. Congressional colleagues, including some Democrats, fault Kerrey as unfocused and naive about Senate customs. Early this year, for example, he introduced a bill to revamp the savings-and-loan bailout agency, the Resolution Trust Corporation, even though he is not a member of the Banking Committee. "Kerrey should have known better," says a House Republican. "With five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB KERREY: A Senator Of Candor | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Though the Mather House production often captures the sense of desperation and absurdity of Marriage, it suffers from a coarse treatment of a complex and rich script. It is this fault that renders an otherwise promising play merely mediocre...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Durang's Family Tragedy | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

...case I was admonished for allowing my door to be unlocked. That fact seemed to make it my fault in the eyes of the administration. No action was taken...I felt betrayed and victimized yet again. The message I got was that what happened to me was not important. But how could it have been so unimportant if the reading of a young woman's testimony in class still brings tears to my eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Voices | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

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