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...appealing to the “wonderful contributions” of the couple to the House. However, this furthers stereotypes that “nice people” do not experience (or cause) domestic violence. Domestic violence affects families both rich and poor, educated and non-educated; even the nicest-seeming person can in reality be a perpetrator of violence. Unfortunately, batterers are often forgiven and incidents of domestic violence are ignored because batterers seem like “nice” individuals or are well-respected in their communities...

Author: By Betty C. Luther, | Title: Community Clout Does Not Excuse Violence | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...this weekend. Heck, go see the men’s hockey team play at St. Lawrence or Clarkson or travel with the soon-to-be No.1 nationally ranked women’s hockey team as it plays in Minnesota. Sure, upstate New York and Minneapolis might not be the nicest places in mid-November, but compared to a Leverett House ’80s dance? (No offense, Leverett HoCo, it was a fine dance. It blinded me with science...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: Go To Philly, For Cheese' Sake | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

Consider the logic. Imagine you’re Mick, the big-shot basketball player with the hottest girl in town. Maybe you’re not the nicest guy in the world but, hey, you’re a big-shot basketball player with the hottest girl in town; people should cut you some slack. Now along comes this once-humble and talentless Alex P. Keaton lookalike who is turning himself into a werewolf all over the place. To make matters worse, he is using his remarkable werewolf speed, strength and agility to become the most astonishing basketball player...

Author: By Sam A. Winter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pop Culture Flashback | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

...both screeched out in recognition, and then Ms. Boldt did probably the nicest thing she’s ever done for me besides overlooking my chronic lateness to homeroom those many years ago—she introduced...

Author: By Sue Meng, | Title: The Gossip Column | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...Most of the songs evoke, or quote, old favorites. "The Nicest Kids in Town" echoes both "The Peppermint Twist" and "Mony Mony," cutely tweaked to "Money money!" The sextet "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" is the Crystals' "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (the saxophones primmer than Nino Tempo's on the Spector singles) with a twist of "Twist and Shout." Tracy's ballad "I Can Hear the Bells" summons the ghosts of white-girl singers and the ultimate white-girl tribute song, Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl"; instead of the months counted off, we hear "Round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Let Us "Spray" | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

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