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Word: mens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...criminal-justice system that fails to protect society from its marauders. There is, however, another villain in Zebra - one that Howard somewhat slights. In concentrating on the crimes, hideous as they are, he does not really grapple with the social ecology that may drive ill-educated, rootless men to acts of such brutality. Still, Howard's pronouncement echoes like a scream on a dark street: "California [has] a bad habit of letting its convicted killers out to kill again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kill! Kill! Kill! | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...their own a few years ago. Janus offered the squad University sponsorship and uniforms. Butler, who is a member of the basketball squad, willingly accepted the captaincy; Janet Crenshaw '82 agreed to be manager. They held try-outs in September and signed up everyone: 14 women and four men; and a third of the women were on the original basketball squad...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...squad is working on its male-female ratio, too. It managed to recruit four men with gymnastic abilities. David J. T. Vanderburgh '80-3, a cheerleader, says he joined because cheering is "an outlet for gymnastics," and it appealed to his "sense of whimsey." Anyway, he adds, "I get a good view of the football team...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...male cheerleaders don't get to dance. While the "girls" do the dance routines, the "men stand behind the girls and scream the cheers" through megaphones, Coutu says. At the end of a routine, the men get down on all fours to form the bottom of "the mount...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...harassed the men for cheering. "The guys aren't given a hard time," Coutu says, adding, "Besides, they are very male-looking males." They agreed the men should not participate in the routine because "the arm movements look too feminine," Hoover thinks. But she promises more action for the men in the games ahead when the squad plans to have the men "picking us up and throwing us around." Hoover adds, "It will be more exciting for them...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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