Word: victimizer
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...leading role Iranian women have played in the protests. Early mourners scoured the Web and appropriated the image of the wrong woman--another Neda, who, it turned out, was very much alive. When the world learned that her name meant voice in Farsi, she became a symbolic victim of oppression, silenced by a brutal regime. As each detail of her life emerged, it was given import and meaning. The government, which quickly declared the video a fabrication, has won back control of the streets, but it has no power over mythmaking. Neda died on the Web, and she is being...
...latest incident took place on June 21, when a 22-year-old man was shot in the leg while getting out of his car in the same North Cambridge neighborhood where Ellcock was shot. While no suspects have yet been apprehended in the case, the victim was arrested for illegally possessing his own gun, said Cambridge Police Spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello...
...That's one reason veterans' groups remain on their guard. While they call France's official acknowledgment of responsibility for the consequences of nuclear testing a major breakthrough, they warn that the number of victims will reach into the tens of thousands or more. Because of that, they say Morin's initial compensation fund of $14 million will probably have to be increased to nearly $100 million. Those groups also argue that the commission to hear radiation claims - which will be composed of a judge and eight doctors - should also include veteran representatives. "The past has shown us that experts...
...friends that the two didn't get along. Speculating on Kercher's slow death--pathologists say she choked on her own blood--Knox called it "yucky, disgusting" and mimicked sounds of choking in a manner that seemed to startle jurors. When asked if she ever thought about the victim, Knox was less than sympathetic. "In the end, I knew her for a month," she said. "And first of all, I'm trying to get on with my life...
...VICTIM; HOW MANY KILLERS? 1 Meredith Kercher, 21, was killed Nov. 1, 2007 2 Raffaele Sollecito began dating Knox two weeks before the murder 3 Rudy Guede admitted to having sex with Kercher and was convicted of murder 4 Patrick Lumumba, named in Knox's confession, had an airtight alibi...