Word: ursula
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talk-radio program broadcast in the evening over WTKS-FM in Orlando, Florida, usually concerns itself with "women and beer," as one of the hosts, Russ Rollins, puts it. But on Sept. 25, the show addressed the subject of child abuse, commemorating the death exactly 14 years earlier of Ursula Sunshine Assaid. When she was five years old, Ursula was tortured and killed by her mother's boyfriend, Donald McDougall. The murder still causes bitterness in Orlando, and on the anniversary, the Russ & Bo Show devoted five hours to it. Between phone calls, Rollins graphically described the suffering Ursula endured...
McDougall and Susan Assaid prevented Ursula from eating or drinking for a week, and while Susan stood by, McDougall beat the girl and killed her. He was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 34 years in prison; Susan served five years of a 15-year sentence for manslaughter. Twice since 1992, when the possibility has arisen that McDougall might be allowed to leave prison, Florida has tightened the rules governing the early release of convicts. Last week, however, the Florida Supreme Court overturned those changes. Police officials told TIME that as a result of this decision, McDougall...
...cyberpunk, horror sci-fi, feminist sci-fi, techno-thriller sci-fi, gay and lesbian sci-fi and even sci-fi erotica. Readership and authorship have broadened too: women now account for a third of the science-fiction audience, compared with just 10% in the '50s, and such writers as Ursula Le Guin and Octavia E. Butler (one of sci-fi's few African-American authors) are no longer considered invaders in a men's club...
However, certain sensitivities still must be catered to. Denver sent letters to every original donor it could locate, advising them or their relatives of the impending sale. A handful were furious at the low prices attached to family heirlooms. Denver art historian Ursula Works discovered that a sculpture by her father, donated in 1929, was being sold. Aghast that it was valued at a mere $300 to $500, she and her husband went to the auction and bought it back--not before fighting off others to the tune of $1,400. "We didn't want to see it used...
...effect of double image, of not quite being in focus, mars Ursula Hegi's Salt Dancers (Simon & Schuster; 235 pages; $22), a forcefully written novel of child abuse and parental desertion. The author's strength is her unfailing immediacy of language, which illuminated her fine previous novel Stones from the River. Her scenes, as character grates on troubled character, are real and vivid; they command attention. But the book's structure might have been designed by a committee to illustrate how bitter, unresolved childhood memories can be coped with. (Hegi's dedication is "For my women's group"; is there...