Word: victimize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aged feelings at 26 are rampant in tennis. At 32, Jimmy Connors, Curren's victim in the semifinals, has realized a bitter truth: "I hate to hear anyone say, 'When I was playing . . .' because nobody gives a damn about when you were playing. Nobody cares about anything but now." In the women's division, where Shirley Temples turn into Gloria Swansons overnight, glory would seem to be especially fleeting, and from third place down it is. "You want to grab every moment and enjoy it fully," says Barbara Potter, a self- described "middle-aged tennis player...
...Myung Moon did. His particular cause for joy: independence from U.S. authorities. Moon went into federal prison in Danbury, Conn., nearly twelve months ago after his conviction on charges of income tax evasion. He claimed that the funds belonged to the church and that he was a victim of religious persecution. Released six months early for good behavior, the Korean-born founder and spiritual leader of the Unification Church must still spend a month and a half as a resident of the Oxford Project, an inmate-rehabilitation center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Waving to reporters but refusing to comment...
...language that had no written form until 30 years ago, many Hmong were simply overwhelmed by their new circumstances. In Philadelphia, where some 2,000 were unwisely placed in inner-city neighborhoods by resettlement officials, all but about 400 have scattered to other locations after falling frequent victim to street crime. In Minnesota's Ramsey County, where some 8,000 Hmong took residence in the late 1970s, nearly half are still on welfare. Says Xang Vang, a Hmong who operates a truck farm: "There are tremendous numbers of Hmong who sit in their living room watching TV. These people know...
...that he built from scrap lumber. He got a permit to sell used tires from a local policeman who knows the Valenzuelas are illegal. The officer assured the family that they can report crimes without fear of exposure. Los Angeles Police Commander William Booth explains, "If someone is a victim of crime, we need to know about it, and it's not our policy to inquire about their status...
...million. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles also faces claims over Father David Roemer, who pleaded no contest in three cases of child molesting in 1981. But a New Jersey family whose son killed himself after he was allegedly molested by a Franciscan brother had its suit thrown out. The victim was a participant in youth ministries, and a state law exempts organizations like the Archdiocese of Newark from damage suits by those who use and benefit from its services...