Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, amid all the political partisanship and posing, the serious matter of just how to finance the Government for the current fiscal year got scant attention. Another victim of the pressures may be one of the most important reforms undertaken by any recent Congress: the Simpson-Mazzoli bill, which would try to bring some sense to immigration policies. Passed in both houses, but in different forms, it would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who can prove longtime residency in the U.S., and would apply penalties against employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens in the future. Mexican Americans in particular oppose...
...curse bequeathed to Mexico City by the Aztecs was the curse of human sacrifice. That ritual, in which a priest bent over the recumbent victim and cut out his throbbing heart with an obsidian knife, was central to the Aztecs' religion. The war god Huitzilopochtli required blood as the price of Aztec victory and the rain god Tlaloc required it as the price of the harvest; if these gods remained unpropitiated, the world would end. Exactly how many victims were thus sacrificed (and later eaten) remains uncertain, but it is believed that 20,000 prisoners were offered...
...heaven over the recovery of a lost sheep," wrote one correspondent, "but there is no suggestion that the sheep was promoted to shepherd." Perturbed Scots have also raised practical questions: Would lonely widows want Nelson paying a call after dark? How could he comfort the family of a murder victim or preach on motherhood? But Nelson has many staunch defenders, who have pointed out that the young Moses committed murder and that St. Paul approved the killing of Christians before his conversion. "Surely Christ is still Redeemer," argued another letter writer. "Can we not believe that Mr. Nelson...
...starch out of anyone's shirt, even the Playboy Bunny's. One of the minor amusements of this whole episode was the sight of Hugh Hefner, swathed in silk loungewear, being interviewed on the Today show show and expressing concern for Williams' career. "The single victim in all of this was the young woman herself, whose right to make this decision was taken away from her. If she wanted to make this kind of statement, that would be her business, but the statement wasn't made by her. What we're talking about here...
...acute by the close-at-hand vision of youth. Some of Inge's kitchen-sink exposition seems dated and clumsy in its mix of naturalism and artifice. But Sheba remains a showcase for poignant acting. Knight attains a lumpish sweetness but does not sentimentalize her character as a victim. Bosco has little to do until his whisky-sodden storming, but radiates the disappointment that beclouds the house. Dillon blends coy charm with unhesitating selfishness...