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...back; or, in the metaphor of the play, the wall must be destroyed, be reconstructed, and finally be surmounted. To end the feud and crush the wall, the hire the Narrator, who is now a "Professional Abductor" known as El Gallo (he carries a card). The rape is a grand success (that is, it is a magnificent failure) and the act closes with the wall dismantled, and the families united in bliss, apparently about to live happily ever after...
...first week in law school, the would-be woman lawyer recognizes, in the words of a Columbia alumna, that "she has to do better than the men." "Two girls were eliminated in my class at University of Washington Law, because they just could not bring themselves to argue a rape case," recalls Mary Sanders, who herself has given up practice and is now chief law librarian for the attorney general of California. Another handicap, recalls a male jurist, is that "the men in law school study together, drink coffee together, share their notes, ideas and problems, while the women have...
...television's Sam Benedict series, argues exactly the opposite. When a trim little old lady turns up in court with every white hair in place, dressed in a powder-blue suit, says Jake, "I want her on that jury. She knows there's no such thing as rape." But Jake Ehrlich admits that jury picking is basically a risky proposition. "It's like picking a wife," he says. "You don't know where you're going to wind up." Such uncertainty has convinced many lawyers that preconceived theories are almost worthless. "Generally speaking," says Harold...
...partition of India into two independent nations unleashed such bitter religious strife between Moslem and Hindu that the subcontinent nearly drowned in blood. More than 100,000 people were killed and 12 million left homeless in an orgy of butchery, rape and destruction. Last week the horrible memories of those ugly days came back to India as mobs ran loose in Kashmir, East Pakistan and West Bengal...
...just walks his poodle and sits around with his third wife, Isabel. The Argentines seemed content to have him where he is, and Spain's Strongman Francisco Franco has no objection to him. So it surprised everybody when Argentina filed for his extradition on technical charges of "rape or ravishment" for seducing a minor under 16. The girl in question is one he left behind: Nelly Rivas, now 24, married and the mother of two. The case has been kicking around since Peron was deposed in 1955, but now a zealous Buenos Aires judge has suddenly pushed it through...