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...committed there, especially by somebody understood to be a guardian (husband, father, mother, uncle, babysitter), is a special betrayal. And once brawling becomes routine in a household, or primal taboos are cracked, there is often no stopping the spread of viciousness. Richard Gelles, a sociologist at the University of Rhode Island, describes the grim ecology of a violent family: "The husband will beat the wife. The wife may then learn to beat the children. The bigger siblings learn it's O.K. to hit the little ones, and the family pet may be the ultimate recipient of violence...
Neither the American yacht nor the challenger has yet been picked. But there is little doubt that when the two square off in the waters of Rhode Island Sound on Sept. 13, the foreign contender will be a white-hulled marvel called Australia II that has set the yachting world back on its scuppers. The Australians seem to be doing everything right, beginning with a spectacular success at what has always been the heart of the American game: building yachts that are technologically superior to those of all their challengers. Measuring 64 ft. 7 in. from its snub-nosed...
...water with less turbulence, turn virtually on a dime, and stand much more erect than its rivals when they beat into the wind, thereby drawing more power from its sails. Remarkably, all this seems perfectly within the rules. Even more remarkable, the new design has been working in Rhode Island Sound, where fickle winds and the backwash from the spectator fleet have broken many another seeming breakthrough...
...school, proud to have the Breakers in their inaugural season, increased seating capacity by 40 percent. Nickerson Field still only holds 21,000 The National Football League's Patriots play in Sullivan in [ace Schaefer] Stadium But a well-thrown pass from the Foxborough facility can almost reach Rhode Island that is why they go as the New England Patriots Without a suitable home, the Breakers may move against their wishes to Indianapolis, Seattle, or some other city...
...agonized at home in Rhode Island over the grand alternatives of returning to a mediocre school experience or courting failure as a model in one more city, my grandparents phoned. For the 20th time since I'd left Harvard, they deluged me with dire predictions of what kind of future lay in store for a college dropout--no job, no money, no place in society, no friends, and, of course, no respect from Korean relatives. I was galvanized School was definitely out of the question I moved to New York immediately...