Word: maltreatment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called "a bunker" in the Bekaa Valley. The first time they had seen the other hostages was last Tuesday night when they were brought to Beirut for a visit by Red Cross officials. "We were pretty frightened," admitted Robert Trautmann, Jr., one of the four. "But they didn't maltreat us, and the food was kind of O.K." After nine days they were moved to what Trautmann called "a better place, which had proper toilets...
Next morning before their long talk, Deng, the top leader, kidded the American some more. He took Nancy's hand. "I hope you'll come [alone] next time and leave the President," Deng said. "We won't maltreat you." She giggled, and Reagan chimed in, "It sounds like I'm the one being maltreated...
Having worked for the past ten years with parents who maltreat their children, I find it refreshing to hear another voice denounce the great lie, "maternal instinct" [July 28]. Unfortunately, our society has convinced too many young women that their only reality is motherhood, and that there is some mysterious instinct that will show them how to be good parents...