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...weapon of war, rape works -- sometimes even better than killing does. Killing may make martyrs, and thus inspirit and strengthen the morale and solidarity of the victims. Rape, on the other hand, not only defiles and shatters the individual woman but, especially in traditional societies, also administers a grave, long-lasting wound to morale and identity. Rape penetrates the pride and cohesion of a people and corrodes its future. When a woman is raped in war, she and her family and ultimately her community internalize the assault upon their identity. Rape in war is only sometimes an act of simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unspeakable: Rape and War | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

Viggiani, a driving force behind the TaskForce's definition, has said that while both theFaculty Council and the Ad Board rejected thedefinition in practice, they believe in it inspirit...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Little Change Seen For Date Rape Rules | 11/20/1992 | See Source »

...grind seems to inspirit young performers. Says Karl Wahl, 20, who is in his third summer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill., and who has worked at the Busch Gardens park in Williamsburg, Va.: "This is the first taste of the performer's real world. College shows run two or three weekends. Where else, as a young person, can you do a long run like this?" Michael Myers, 22, a Texas Tech marketing graduate turned singer-songwriter, likes Opryland because "you're out there in the full light of day, playing to no tellin' who. They come from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Where The Stagestruck Get Started | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...fitting that Jackson should be the man to inspirit the black electorate. For years he has been the one black leader whose attention was focused clearly on the dramatic stage on which the last act of the American racial melodrama will eventually be enacted. That stage is located in the black mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The powers of Racial Example | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

Nonetheless, he can still inspirit his city. He wavered on school busing but stood fast on racial harmony; after a welter of racially motivated assaults in 1976, he led a march of 30,000 people to protest violence. During his tenure, Boston has rebuilt its downtown and waterfront, added thousands of hotel rooms and sold itself, accurately, as "the livable city." Faneuil Hall Marketplace is the ultimate urban mall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Copious Coping: How Other Mayors Fare | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

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