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...view of women, they are the natural result. Studies clearly show that pornography increases male subjects' acceptance of rape and sexual violence. Moreover, it clearly communicates that such violence is "fun," "exciting" and "okay." In fact, many of the most heinous sex crimes are performed using pornography as a text-book. Still closer to home, the Harvard study of sexual harassment among peers found that at least 2 percent of Harvard women had been raped by a fellow Harvard student (this does not include the number of women from other colleges who are raped on the Harvard campus). Nationally...
...does not quite justify the homoerotic hamminess of John Dall and Farley Granger as the two college psychopaths. That leaves Rear Window, a delicious entertainment mixing romance, voyeurism, homicide and humor with the purring sensuousness and perfect waxed beauty of the young Grace Kelly, and Vertigo, a gorgeously illustrated text-book of Hitchcock's themes that meets just about every criterion for movie greatness...
...compilation and inter-mingling of case studies orchestrated to fit precisely into the doctor's insightful but rather rigid scheme of things. Mon Oncle exudes wit and originality and Laborit's analyses are fascinating, but the tone of the film--as dry and cool as a psychology text-book--makes it disappointing...
...follow closely: one second and ten from the three, Buckley went back to pass and couldn't find a receiver open; he scrambled around behind the line until he was trapped by a pair of Penn linemen. He threw the ball away in what seemed like a text-book case of intentional grounding. But the refs ruled that he was down before he threw the ball, and the clock was still running...
...player known for his cheery disposition and text-book swing, Stenhouse said, "I just want to play ball. I don't care where...