Word: victimizers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dengue is seldom a fatal illness. But it is one of the most painful of infectious diseases, which explains its other name, breakbone fever. About a week after injection of the virus by a biting mosquito, the victim develops a fever, chills, excruciating headache, pain behind the eyeballs, backache, and pain in muscles and joints. Most victims are sure they are going to die-and many want to. The pain and weakness last for weeks. There is no specific medication; the only treatment is aspirin, lots of fluids and bed rest...
...Hearst management claimed that the Mirror was a victim of last winter's prolonged newspaper strike. Actually, the owners had been looking for an excuse to close down the paper for years, and the strike simply came along at a useful moment. In the past three years the rapidly fading Hearst empire has had a hand in the deaths of half a dozen large dailies, including the Boston Evening American and the Los Angeles Examiner...
...since the Bay of Pigs debacle had the U.S. Senate echoed to such harsh words over the Kennedy Administration's policy in Latin America. Last week still another legally constituted Latin American government fell by the wayside, toppled by military revolt. The victim this time was the small Central American republic of Honduras. It was the second such coup in eight days, the fourth this year, the seventh since President Kennedy took office.* Throughout, the U.S. has seemed powerless either to prevent the coups or even decide on a consistent approach...
Willis was a not-so-innocent victim of an emotional controversy over de facto school segregation. Chicago's board insisted that something had to be done about the problem. The egotistic Willis refused to admit that there was any problem. He ignored board orders to speed up the transfer of bright students of both races, even though this was only a token move toward a better balance. Parents took Willis to court, and last week the court ruled against him. Willis quit, claiming: "I can no longer discharge my responsibilities since the present practice is counter...
Pennsylvania attempts to prove today to its few remaining fans that it is indeed a changed and better ball club. The victim at Franklin Field will be Lafayette, which was a stubbern 13-11 sacrifice last year...