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...that psychological insight and moral judgment are mutually exclusive. John le Carre is extraordinarily skillful at showing the psychological affinity between the British master spy Smiley and his KGB nemesis Karla. But in the end, there is no mistaking Le Carre's view of the worthiness of their respective enterprises. One can understand and still judge, so long as one is not tempted to understand everything...
Four centuries are represented in The Random House Book of Poetry for Children, selected by Jack Prelutsky ($13.95). William Blake is here; so are Shakespeare and Charles Lamb, alongside such modern versifiers as Spike Milligan, Eve Merriam and Karla Kuskin. A zoo of creatures passes in review, from pachyderms ("I think they had no pattern/ When they cut out the elephant's skin;/ Some places it needs letting out,/ And others, taking in") to birds ("The song of canaries/ Never var ies,/ And when they're moulting/ They're pretty revolting"). Anthologist Prelutsky gives equal time...
...ways we try to increase the numbers here is by targeting people early, so this is a right step," vice president of the Afro-American Students Union Karla Rose added...
Battering follows a cycle: first a buildup of tension, then a violent explosion, and finally a period of remorse and apologies that rekindle hope that the batterer will change and remain loving. Karla Digirolomo, 26, executive director of the New York State Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence, describes her experience in her first marriage as typical. When she was pregnant her husband broke her nose. She told everyone she had fallen down. The obstetrician never questioned the bruises on her body. "I felt worthless, totally to blame, responsible for my husband's actions. I kept thinking...
...glib, angry men who pummel their wives, a brush with the law sometimes has a sobering effect. A recent Police Foundation working paper concluded: "It is clear that the recidivism measure is lowest when police make arrests." New York's Karla Digirolomo agrees: "In general, arrests work because they give the message to the man that such behavior is inappropriate. They also give the message to the woman that somebody will help...