Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decades ago it was fashionable to say, 'to hold people responsible for their own behavior is to blame the victim.' That line just is not tenable," said Loury. He said the present welfare system had fostered behavior among the poor that perpetuates their role as an underclass...
...only about the vote. It's not only about the bloody passbooks . . . What is it?" Silence, broken by a few nervous giggles. "Stand up!" The actor glares at a confused ticket holder in the front row. "What is it?" A terrible quiet. "What is it?" The flustered victim mumbles an answer. With a bitter laugh, his interrogator dismisses him. "My friend," he enunciates fiercely, "you have got to look for it: it is deep down in your heart...
...decades ago it was fashionable to say, `to hold people responsible for their own behavior is to blame the victim.' That line just is not tenable,"saidLoury. He said the present welfare system had fostered behavior among the poor that perpetuates their role as an underclass...
...woman passer-by was blown apart by Wednesday' blast in central Paris, and a witness said another victim was lifted several yards into the air. "It is an incredible sight, many women, children, blood everywhere," said a witness who refused to give his name...
...drug addict holds a peculiar place in society, not unlike the AIDS victim; the impulse to shun collides with the impulse to embrace. If the addict happens to be your colleague or your daughter, the confusion doubles; there are no impoverished minorities to pity or blame. You become a mote in history. For thousands of years, people have smoked, snorted, injected their way between paradise and self-murder, while the outer world has watched, scolded, legislated, not legislated, with barely the slightest comprehension...