Word: victimization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...better-heeled citizens of their own village. The local pharmacist ignored a series of neatly typed threats until his drugstore burned down; but he paid up ($3,200) when urged by Father Agrippino, accompanied by Father Vittorio and the venerable Father Carmelo (he is now 83). "I am a victim, too, dear doctor," Friar Agrippino declared. "If we don't obey, they'll kill...
...hooded friars padding about on their melancholy missions, but police lacked proof of their actions. One wealthy villager who refused to listen was shot to death by three masked gunmen. Gardener Lo Bartolo was arrested as an accomplice, soon was found in his cell hanging by the bed sheet-victim either of suicide or of preventive murder by the Mafia, who feared that he would squeal. Evidence against the friars finally came to light two years ago, when police discovered a typewriter in Father Vittorio's cell that matched some of the death threats...
...fact, Nim is more of a trap than a game. The canny con man, with all the possible combinations locked in his head, graciously allows his victim to go first (see diagram). Since Nim's starting setup (7-5-3-1) is a winning combination itself, whoever tampers with it (i.e., the player who makes the first move) is doomed. But even if the wily match-sharp, out of courtesy or cunning, should agree to move first in an occasional game, he can still save the day by resorting to the memorized combinations as soon as the proper situation...
Virus B belongs to the herpes family, and the victim may have been infected by saliva-a monkey's spit may be as bad as its bite. Lederle now allows only specially trained personnel, following rigid rules, to be near its temperamental monkeys...
...Victim. An entertaining but tendentious thriller that illustrates a shocking statistic: in nine out of ten cases of blackmail in Britain, the victim is a homosexual. Not for the kiddies...