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Word: victimizations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political leaders can count for a lot, too. That's why we need politicians who advocate abortion rights and public funding of abortions for all women, not just rape victims. No woman should be forced to have a child because she could not prove she was the victim of rape. No woman should be punished for the simple wish to protect the privacy of her own body--a privacy violated by rape, incestuous rape, and the restriction of abortion...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: The Changing Rhetoric of Rape | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...Rockey Chapman, head of the klavern, admitted he wanted "that sign to advertise my group." He asked the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union to sue for a reversal of the rejection. The A.C.L.U. was expected to do so on the ground that the KKK was the victim of discrimination based on its "political philosophy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American: Notes NORTH CAROLINA A Klan Kleanup | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...have the most effect on nonviolent young men for whom crime has not become a hardened way of life. The program appears to work best for youngsters who might have been helped just as much by a resolute kick in the pants and some productive community service and victim reparation. Perhaps that is a more realistic way of coping with the burgeoning problem of youthful crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Incarceration | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...fallen through the widening cracks in the U.S. medical- care system. Too weak to work, he has lost the insurance coverage from his job; moreover, he has yet to see a penny from his disability policies, although he filed six months ago. "I'm just tired of being a victim," the pale, bushy-haired Simpson says slowly, pausing to gather strength in his San Francisco apartment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Who Should Foot the AIDS Bill? | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...presidents of major corporations, the effort to evade responsibility would not have been tolerated by society," says Earl Shelp, executive director of Houston's Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry. Additionally, society's sense of financial obligation -- not to mention its compassion -- has been diminished by a blame-the-victim syndrome. "I think that there is a tendency to discount a situation if one feels that an infected person's condition could have been avoided," says Dr. Kathleen Nolan of the Hastings Center in Briarcliff, N.Y. Alluding to the disease's long incubation period -- frequently ten years or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Who Should Foot the AIDS Bill? | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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