Word: occurance
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...question of abusing authority: Did Simpson use the sheer power that a drill instructor wields over trainees to intimidate them into having sex? The key ruling of the trial was that Simpson's position alone meant he did not have to physically threaten a female trainee for rape to occur. But threats may have been made: According to Army documents, he told a trainee, "If anyone finds out about me having sex with you, I'll kill you." Defense lawyers contended that women angling for preferential treatment willingly had sex with Simpson and then falsely accused him of rape...
...most powerful and charismatic teachers, but he never published. Until now. That, at any rate, is the premise of Norman Mailer's The Gospel According to the Son (Random House; 242 pages; $22), a novel that purports to be a first-person memoir written by Jesus. Questions will immediately occur, even to readers most willing to suspend their disbelief for the sake of the narrative to come. When did Jesus write this story, and for that matter, where? Why did he wait nearly 2,000 years to present his own Gospel? Why did he choose Random House to publish...
There are moments in this imagined memoir when the author creates a credible impression of Jesus. Most of these occur early, during the period least thoroughly covered by the four Gospels. Mailer's Jesus writes movingly of his time as an apprentice carpenter: "So my trade became my pride, and I knew respect for the tools in my box. A rasp, a plane, a hammer, an auger, a gimlet, an adze, a cubit rule, a saw, and three chisels for paring, as well as a gouge--all were mine. And my knowledge of how to treat wood became another tool...
...appeal to you to positively influence the Faculty and improve both the tenure process and the curricular selection at all levels, especially those which occur behind closed doors. Ideally, Harvard and Radcliffe would work together to ensure that, for instance, women Faculty members have a supportive community and attractive incentives to work at Harvard (better child-care and more Bunting Fellowships for Harvard junior Faculty, to name two). We hope that you take these symbolic checks (signed by approximately 875 students) at their face value. They express...
Jones' address to the Class of 1997 will occur as part of the Commencement Week festivities, just one day before graduation. He follows Tom Brokaw and Hank Aaron, the last two Class Day orators...