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...feminists, then? These days, they are often people talking about an academic theory that has little to do with most women's lives. Feminist theorizing provides a protective shield of terminology behind which feminists can hide from the ugly world of name-calling chauvinists. Moreover, its academic isolation offers a convenient way for campus feminists to enjoy their feminism for two hours a day and shelve it on the way to the party Friday night...
Students in small departments sometimes miss the camaraderie of fellow concentrators. While most are grateful not to be "lost in the crowd," as Case put it, a lack of peer support can be challenging. "Students are more visible. You can't hide," says Michelson. "You have to be independent. Sometimes there's comfort in numbers...
Somehow, though, the fleeing man struggled to his feet and staggered across the street. By this time, other gunmen had begun to close in. Two approached from the left. Another, brandishing a .45 pistol, appeared in front of a warehouse. Javier ducked into an alley and tried to hide behind an outhouse door. But the masked killer found his prey and finished him off with a burst of gunfire...
Whether he had been courageous, dumb or just quirky, Hodel suddenly became the target of Iacocca's verbal wrath. Never one to hide his feelings, or his ego, the Chrysler chairman blasted back. His summary dismissal, he charged, "borders on being un-American." He referred to "all the crap I've taken." He declared, "I do not appreciate being disenfranchised on somebody's whim...
...tracked down Duvalier's henchmen. When one militiaman was spotted, the frenzied crowd tore off his uniform. Protesters throughout the capital called for "death to the Tonton Macoutes," the secret police that had protected the Duvalier family for 28 years. Terrified by the mob's fury, they tried to hide inside their barracks. A reporter claimed to have seen one Tonton Macoute, cornered by an angry crowd, shoot himself in the head. At week's end as many as 75 people reportedly had been killed...