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...administration, given her frequent contact with Ken Starr and plans for a tell-all book à la Gary Aldrich. But Tripp does defend the friend she lost when those tapes went public: Lewinsky was ?a bright, caring, generous soul -- one who has made poor choices. She was not a stalker, she was invited; she did not embellish, the truth is sensational enough.? Whether this is also true of Tripp herself is still debatable...
...love jot from her to Bill. It's addressed to "Handsome" and the text is a chunk from the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet." It's signed "M," and there's a reprint in this morning's Post. If this keeps up, the White House's "deluded stalker" spin could stick after...
Essentially, Lewis' argument is this: if a student is being followed by another (a peer, for example), universal key-card access will only serve to increase the risk of intrusion since the "stalker" can just whip out his universal access ID card. The problem with this argument? If a student is being stalked, there is no doubt that his or her being indoors is safer than being out; therefore, if universal key-card access were in place, the possible victim could escape indoors. There, he or she could reach out for help...
...stalker were a Harvard student, he would either have to use his own card to enter the building or catch the door before it closed behind the person he was stalking. If there were no key-card access, then the victim would be forced to confront his or her stalker outside, probably at night. If he or she had universal key-card access, at least he or she could get indoors...
...quintessential crime for an alienated age. A million women and 400,000 men were stalked in America in 1996. De Becker advises stalkees to administer one brush-off and engage in no subsequent contact. Discouragement by a male friend, he reports, usually backfires. Don't change phone numbers--the stalker "always" finds the new one--but invest in a second line, arming the first with an answering machine. "The stalker won't realize you've changed, and you'll have a record of his calls if you need...