Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard, as elsewhere, women are unsure when the boundary has been crossed. The transition from familiarity to harassment and date rape is not clearly defined, so a victim may be left with only a vague sense of unease, discomfort or abuse. A woman goes out on a date with a man she knows well or casually, and against her will they have sex. She did not say no loudly enough, or she yelled no, or she wasn't really asked, or she was too scared to say no. She was, as experts are beginning to say, "date raped...
...another provision of the new bill--an easing up on record-keeping requirements and police inspections for gun dealers--it appears that more than Second Amendment rights and sportsmanship are at stake. The NRA, it seems, is worried about the welfare of gun dealers, whose sales are the biggest victim of gun control. Cash flow in the gun market, rather than "civil liberties" of hunters and "honest citizens," is its overriding concern...
...terrain in A Tough Act to Follow. His acerbic novel blends reverie with naked rage at conniving, screen-deep program executives who have displaced the medium's pioneers. Although some secondary characters and events are real, Wilk focuses on an imaginary comedian, Jody Cassel, natural star and born victim. At 21 she was a headliner; before her 30th birthday she had been forced into obscurity, leaving only the ghostly echo of her catchphrase laugh, "Wowoweeweewoh!" Her history is recalled through the reminiscences of onetime colleagues. Wilk is a cunning observer of show-business mores, and he knows as well...
...pair of shoes. Maybe you're going to take a vacation. It's going to mean a big increase in real disposable income." Agrees Merrill Lynch Chief Economist Donald Straszheim: "The oil- price decline is like a blood transfusion to a wounded patient. As the victim pulls through, we'll see one pleasant surprise after another...
...woman entered her dorm under her own power, and friends alerted people who were unsuccessful in tracking down the assailant. The victim was treated for minor injuries in the campus health center...