Word: victimizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ways to subscribe." The Crimson even worked out a handy joint venture with The Coop, whereby students could order their papers at the checkout counter. "Geez, as long as I'm spending $500 on books this semester, why not spend another $45 and get The Boston Globe," many a victim of clever marketing thought...
...opponents in the political establishment are hoping that time will erode his lead. If the Chechnya peace agreement unravels, or Yeltsin recovers, Lebed's premature election campaign will look both indelicate and unwise. But in either case, Lebed might well walk out of the government, claiming to be the victim of jealous and corrupt government leaders. This is not a reassuring prospect for his many enemies. The last person to do this, in the late 1980s, was Yeltsin...
Nearly everyone is worried that a prime victim of the crisis is the Western-Arab coalition mustered in 1991 to combat Saddam. Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Riyadh al-Qaysi chortled to TIME, "Where is it now? I don't see any coalition." In Washington last week, CIA Director John Deutch told Congress he believed Iraq's political position in the region had improved. He also found it "a little bit shocking" that for the first time there was initially "no support for U.S. air strikes." Yet after a whirlwind trip around the alliance, Secretary of Defense William Perry declared...
...Internet. The drug, even in its purest form, is odorless and nearly tasteless. It can quickly depress the respiratory system, particularly when mixed with alcohol. The risk is that not enough oxygen gets to the brain, triggering both unconsciousness and loss of memory. "A substance that knocks out the victim and leaves her with amnesia makes the perfect agent for date rape," says Michael Ellis, director of the Southeast Texas Poison Center. Unfortunately, as the Farias case makes clear, the dose required to knock someone out isn't much lower than the one that kills...
...Crimson, however, is not alone in falling victim to this type of political malaise. I'm sure we've all heard our friends and acquaintances voice similar opinions. "I'm voting for the lesser of two evils," is a common sentiment. Just as frequently heard is the more distressing, "Both candidates seem the same to me. I don't care who wins, so I'm not going to vote...