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Word: ganges (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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That may be happening. Since 1998, the Criminal Law Amendment Act began providing for more severe punishments for rape, including life sentences for gang rapists. Furthermore, FBI officials from the U.S. are training investigators and prosecutors who will be working in 20 courts devoted to trying sex crimes. These are scheduled to open in April 2000. Meanwhile, Smith refuses to give in to depression. The rapist, she says, "cannot imprison my mind. I have the power." She maintains that "God sent me this challenge. I have to turn this evil into good, and that is why I am speaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: An Epidemic of Rapes | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...voice to swoon over, but he's got the moves, while Orfeh (just the one name, thank you) is a husky-voiced stunner as Annette, the good girl who wants to be bad. There's some grit along with the glitz--a guy commits suicide, a girl is gang-banged in the backseat of a car, and the hero's big victory is spoiled by the fact that he doesn't deserve it. But mostly this is a cheery pop-rocket that lights up the stage the way disco lit up the '70s. And disco never got much respect either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Stayin' Alive | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...Matrix, the recent box-office hit now on DVD, Keanu Reeves and his leather-clad gang spend quite a bit of time staring at green columns of digital characters that stream down their computer monitors. These columns, our protagonists explain, represent the incredibly complex digital reconstruction of the 20th century human world--a vast computer program affectionately known as, well, the Matrix. By staring at these columns, those outside the Matrix can "see" what's going on within. "I don't even see the code," boasts one of the male techies as he points to various spots in the flickering...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Digital Voyeurism | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...doesn't want anyone wearing anything that might identify them as a member of an exclusive group; last year, says an openly gay student, the kids who harassed him the most were known as the White Hatters, after their headgear. The administration also worried about kids' starting to wear gang colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monday | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...Line It's 1967 all over again in a matchup of two old-school AFL teams, the New York football Jets versus the OAKLAND Raidahs. The big questions: Will Keyshawn have to play quarterback for Gang Green? Is Rich Gannon really the answer for the Silver-and-Black? And has Al Davis finally signed that contract with the devil? The answers to all will be revealed as the Raiders romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

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