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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rape is not making love. Rape is power, control and violence. That's why the scene in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It is rape. That's why the account written in the What is To Be Done? is rape. From the description of the movie scene in Mr. Morgan's article, the man becomes mad at the woman for being "all over him." He deals with his anger by pushing her on the bed and having inter-course with her. It doesn't matter if she struggles with him. (Mr. Morgan does not state whether...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: When Sex is the Issue, 'No' Means Nothing But 'No' | 3/12/1991 | See Source »

...minutes, without toupee or TelePrompTer, Schwarzkopf displayed all the seductiveness of the performer's art. He prowled like a stand-up comic, permitted himself the occasional thin smile, inflected his stats with Bob Hope-style throwaway lines ("But I gotta tell ya . . . "). When asked to appraise Saddam's soldiering skills, he snorted a "Ha!," then launched into a catalog of caustic irony. He tamped his rage into questions intimidating ("Have you ever been in a minefield?") and rhetorical ("Do I fear a cease-fire?"). But the most moving moment came when he caught himself describing the low allied casualty rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Review: Performin' Norman at Center Stage | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...Spike Lee's movie She's Gotta Have It a female is at home, depressed after breaking up with her boyfriend. She calls him and begs him to come see her. He says "No." After pleading, he agrees to go to her apartment to discuss the issue. When he arrives, she's all over him. He says "No." She pleads some more. He pushes her on the bed and says, "You want it? You've got it!" She says, "What are you doing?" and they have intercourse. Columbia University uses this scene to "illustrate the dynamics of date rape...

Author: By Jon E. Morgan, | Title: An Orwellian Nightmare | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

...Well, you gotta Libya life with New Zealand excitement every...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: HPT 143 Safari Sagoodi Is Pretty Darn Goodi | 2/21/1991 | See Source »

Bennett, who had been robbed several times by other druggies, got tired of running. He bought a furnished five-bedroom house in Tempe, Ariz., for $450,000. When he spotted another house nearby with an indoor swimming pool, he told a realtor, "I've gotta have it." He bought it for his brother and sister to occupy. In all, Bennett and his friends and relatives grabbed five houses in Tempe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fling of a High Roller | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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