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Catherine Comins, assistant dean of student life at Vassar, also sees some value in this loose use of "rape." She says angry victims of various forms of sexual intimidation cry rape to regain their sense of power. "To use the word carefully would be to be careful for the sake of the violator, and the survivors don't care a hoot about him." Comins argues that men who are unjustly accused can sometimes gain from the experience. "They have a lot of pain, but it is not a pain that I would necessarily have spared them. I think it ideally...
Hall chaired a Wednesday night meeting attended by approximately 65 Blacks. He said his purpose was to gather ideas for the upcoming year and to "regain the trust" of the organization's membership...
...have seen Baghdad renege before -- on agreements made in 1966, 1970 and 1984 -- leading in each case to renewed fighting. Many Kurds insist that they will not accept any accord unless its enforcement is guaranteed by the U.N. That might be unacceptable to Saddam, who initiated this process to regain control of his country, not to cede...
Today, the Crimson, though unable to salvage its season, may look to regain some pride in its remaining two games. And, if nothing else, today's game may be about revenge...
...Browns Ferry plant, near Athens, Ala., this summer. The facility had a serious fire in the mid-1970s and shut down in 1985 to correct safety problems. Runyon likes atomic energy because it is clean, but he lists four conditions that must be met if nukes are to regain the public's trust: "One-step licensing, standardized designs, a nuclear-waste- disposal program and a bold spirit of confidence...