Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite all the corporate misery that they seem to be creating, the fare fights still have their boardroom defenders. One is Frank Borman, who steps down this week after 9 1/2 years as chairman of ailing Eastern Airlines, which is merging with Texas Air. He is also a victim of cut-rate competition: Eastern took a $111 million loss in the first quarter of 1986. Yet as Borman prepared to assume the largely titular role of Texas Air vice-chairman, he said last week that attractive prices and sharply increased passenger traffic have made the current competitive environment...
...others and pointed back toward them, a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy shot and killed him. The dead man, however, was not the gunman; Livaditis was found among his hostages, stunned and only slightly injured. He was later charged with murder, robbery, kidnaping and other crimes. The victim turned out to be the jewelry store's manager, Hugh Skinner, 64. "The shooting was not accidental," Sheriff Sherman Block explained forthrightly. "The marksman shot this individual, convinced that he was the suspect. It was a tragic...
...other AIDS developments in the U.S. last week riled civil rights and homosexual groups. Despite the lack of any evidence that AIDS can be transmitted by casual contact, the Justice Department ruled that an employer who genuinely fears a spread of contagion can fire an AIDS victim without violating his federal civil rights. Snapped a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union: "The decision is nothing more than a pretext for discrimination." And in California, an initiative that could prohibit AIDS victims from attending or teaching school and working in restaurants was certified for placement on the November ballot...
...arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a local boy, jailed for two days, duly sentenced and fined $200. To the sheriff, the Asians had tried to "infiltrate" a high school dance and "mess with our kids." To Le and his UXB colleagues, Vo was a victim of small-town prejudice and misunderstanding. "It was a setup," insists UXB's acting project manager, Carolyn Reck, a former Army captain...
...voracious reader who lugs around sheaves of paper and stacks of books, Bradley believes that most issues are too complicated to allow for easy answers. Some colleagues say that he is a victim of what they call "the Jimmy Carter syndrome." Says one: "He can get all bound up in the trees and miss the forest." But others, like Rhode Island Republican John Chafee, argue that "Bradley can see the big picture," and cite his prescience in latching on to tax reform...