Word: victimness
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...banter—and at least one mention of a “sexual bus stop in purgatory.”CRYSTALLIZING THE CHARACTERSCusack plays Charlie Arglist, a mob lawyer who, as the narrative begins, has just conducted an apparently successful heist of $2 million on Christmas Eve. The victim is Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid), the Godfather of the Kansas City crime syndicate. His partner in crime is alpha male Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton, in a sly reversal of the accomplice role from “A Simple Plan”), who may be playing on Charlie?...
...detainees got 10 years. But those prisoners were held by members of the military, which has a relatively transparent system of punishing errant behavior. Al-Jamadi was a prisoner of the far more secretive CIA. That fact, for the moment, leaves unanswered the questions, If he was the victim of a homicide, who killed him? And will there be a trial...
...business disputes that in many countries would be dealt with by the police or resolved in court. He and his crew recently rescued a coal-mine owner in Xi'an who had been kidnapped by a colleague who believed he was owed money. After the rescue, they convinced the victim to make peace with his abductor by paying him $50,000. A real estate developer in Shanghai hired Ding when locals protesting outside his office became a nuisance. "We went with six people and negotiated a settlement without a fight," says Ding. "People know us by reputation. It's like...
...have come to terms with the fact that I take my life in my hands when I walk out of my dorm and into Harvard Yard. I accept my fate, and I know that one day, when I least expect it, I will become a victim...
...League professors. Three years later, Harvard welcomed Jane Addams of Hull House; in 1918, Congress passed the Susan B. Anthony Bill, the first step towards enfranchisement. While ginger ale, moonlit walks, and secret sleepovers might have been fulfilling enough for the 1905 woman, The Club risked falling victim to its own conceit...