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...twist in society's perception came in 1975, when Susan Brownmiller published her book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. In it she attacked the concept that rape was a sex crime, arguing instead that it was a crime of violence and power over women. Throughout history, she wrote, rape has played a critical function. "It is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation, by which all men keep all women in a state of fear...
...covering the welter of communities that make up their region -- especially with more and more air time being devoted to sensational crimes, celebrity fluff and network promotions ("The real story behind Switched at Birth -- at 11"). Cable systems, which serve more circumscribed areas, have jumped in with a fresh twist: the news they provide is hyperlocal...
...Sununu's conduct raises questions that go far beyond the use of taxpayer-funded planes and invites a new twist on the New Hampshire motto: LIVE FREE OR DIE. Since he joined the Bush Administration, Sununu and his family have taken at least four ski trips and one trip home to New England that were financed in large part by corporate interests. Yet federal law forbids officials to accept valuable gifts, including travel and recreation, except from certain charitable and educational organizations. Items...
...long could they do it? Not forever. Intimations of mortality started dogging the show around 1986, with Pam's dream season. Dallasites took their soap seriously, and the plot twist played like a declaration of facetiousness. After that, the show became a kind of dinner-theater version of itself -- flaccid, repetitious, drowsier than the Texas economy -- and receded discreetly into the haze of Has-Been. Even the ebullient Hagman had trouble keeping track of J.R.'s misdeeds: "I really can't remember half of the people I've slept with, stabbed in the back or driven to suicide...
...good job of publicizing the weekend's events with posters, but UC representatives should be more active in talking up the weekend. Tell friends to go. Make friends go. Twist some arms and crack some whips if you have to. The end--high attendance--will justify the means...