Word: victimizer
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Some employers fall victim to an electronic version of Parkinson's Law: Work expands to fill the digitized time available for its completion. In many graphics departments, says New York consultant Reppen, employees use their computers to try so many different images that "they spend more and more money to get things done at the last minute." And, of course, employees often spend some of their work time idly surfing the Net or playing games. Clifford Stoll, an astronomer and systems manager in California and author of Silicon Snake Oil, draws this analogy: "Suppose a business said everyone...
Monica's real mom was no help either. Marcia Lewis was worrying about presidential death squads and--just two days into testimony--crying, "I can't take any more." But reading godmother Betty's testimony is like watching a bad movie during which you are mentally yelling at the victim to lock the door and call the police. Betty, don't let Monica hide in your car to keep the "meanies" from discovering that she's come to see the Big He again. Be a meanie too, Betty. Save the Republic. But here's a twist--another White House employee...
Jimmy Carter may want to watch his back. The American racking up the most humanitarian interventions these days is TOM CRUISE, who extended his string of rescue missions last week by aiding a mugging victim in London. Hearing cries for help, Cruise, emboldened no doubt by the presence of his bodyguards, ran to assist a woman being robbed of her jewelry. Cruise is no neophyte knight in Armani armor. At a 1996 premiere of Mission: Impossible he lifted two boys over a barricade to prevent them from being crushed. A few months later, while sailing in the Mediterranean, he rescued...
...about the witch hunts and blacklistings during the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies, but it would be hard to find one among them that presents as nuanced, as humanly complex an account of those years as I Married a Communist. Nathan, for example, learns from Murray that Ira was a victim of the mania of his times but not an innocent one. He was a dedicated communist who lied to everyone, including Nathan's father, about his adherence to the dictates of Moscow. On the other hand, the forces that destroyed him were not particularly admirable either, beginning with...
...1980s who enjoys tales of decadence and back-stabbing. Yet, the book remains frustrating, not only because of its superficiality, but because of its flippant disregard for the pain that Basquiat's associates and supposed friends obviously caused him. Unfortunately, Hoban manages to depict Basquiat as both a "victim" and a monster, without touching upon "the real danger of Basquiat right...