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...from Ms. Idelson's article)? Like rape, pornography is based on the premise that male control of female sexuality is okay--in fact "more fun" (because violent) than sexual activity that is mutually agreed to. Pornographic magazines make female sexuality and male violent fantasy about it available at the flip of a page, no consent required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rape Mentality | 4/6/1984 | See Source »

HART'S handling of the gun control issue also helps put the lie to his more-independent-than-thou image. If the candidate's Isreali embassy flip flop failed to convince observers of his susceptibility to special-interstates, his un control waffle should persuade them...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Hart's Smoking Gun | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

...LYRICAL FILM El Norte is a sobering reminder of the flip side of the American Dream: the harsh and discouraging existence of the lower-class immigrant. Through the hopeful eyes of its central adult characters--a young Guatemalan Indian named Enrique and his sister Rosa--we see the ultimate "American" city, Los Angeles, in a new light: for a change the focus is not on aging starlets, alienated gigolos, or the jaded Rodeo Drive crowd. The hopes dashed in this tale are of a humbler sort, concerning only survival and modest prosperity...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Tunnel to Freedom? | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...threshold remain can formally defect to another uncommitted. contender During he arm twisting at McKinstry Elementary, the lonesome Glenn and Cranston supporters were recruited by other groups One result was a Jackson-McGovern tie lor third place that was settled, according to official party rules, by a coin flip-heads, McGovern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going for a Knockout | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...That case was a travesty of justice," he added. Although he said doctors had to "flip [this patient] through the abdomen to repair the damges," he added that "the surgeons didn't do anything wrong. In any other hospital, she would have been dead...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: Harvard Insurance Firm To Up Malpractice Fees | 2/29/1984 | See Source »

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