Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...charge of first degree sexual abuse is a felony punishable by a prison sentence of up to seven years. The state of New York defines sexual abuse as forcing someone into sexual contact by compulsion, or by making advances when the victim is incapable of consent because of physical helplessness...
...blood test most commonly administered can be misleading. A positive result on the ELISA (for enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay) screening test means that an individual has been exposed to the AIDS virus and has developed antibodies to it, not necessarily that a person has -- or will fall victim to -- the disease. Scientists assume, but have not proved, that those who test positive are still carrying the virus and can transmit it. Moreover, additional testing is needed to confirm a positive result. Negative results can also be deceiving. Since the virus apparently takes from six to twelve weeks to provoke antibody...
...idiot savant has a long tradition in the U.S., much of it as victim. A typical 19th century savant, Tom Bethune was sightless and barely able to grunt monosyllables. But he had the ability to play complicated classical piano pieces by ear, and promoters exhibited him in vaudeville as an amusing freak. Since that time, savants -- retarded and autistic people who have inexplicable gifts, usually in art, mathematics and music -- have been the objects of diversion and exploitation. But at a unique institution called Hope University in Anaheim, Calif., they are being trained to reveal their surprising gifts and develop...
...particular victim of the script is George Klupko (Colonel O'Korn) who has to utter some terrible lines, but nonetheless manages to slug through the material to the bitter end. Klupko creates a manic melange of Colonel Sanders and Foghorn Leghorn, but his battle with his lines is short-lived and futile...
Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the brilliant New York Yankee first baseman whose career and life it cut short, ALS is generally fatal. Among its better-known victims: Actor David Niven and former New York Senator Jacob Javits. Though the cause remains elusive, doctors suspect that genetic susceptibility sometimes plays a role: 5% to 10% of ALS patients have a family history of the disorder. Some researchers consider it to be an autoimmune disease, in which the victim's immune system assaults his own body tissue...