Word: victimization
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Many of the teams at the New England divisional meet, including Crimson victim Connecticut College, are in their water polo programs' maiden voyages. Connecticut College's major selling point on the weekend was not as much its team as the first tournament hosted in its new state-of-the-art facility. Gordon Natatorium features a separate shallow warm-up area in addition to its all-deep-water polo section...
...story on how telemedicine played a key role in giving hope to a young Albanian man whose face had been shattered by a bullet in Kosovo. Digital cameras, laptops and Internet links transmitted the photos that touched the hearts of the team of volunteer doctors who offered the war victim not just a new face but a new life as well. The transforming role that technology is playing in our world is a theme dear to Margolis and one that he explores further in his forthcoming book, A Brief History of Tomorrow, to be published this fall...
...renewal of this rivalry is the participation of the crowd. From senior defenseman Mark Moore (and brothers Steve and Dominic) hearing the chants of "Moore-on" to senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo watching the crowd mimic every single move he makes before the referee drops the puck, each player falls victim to some peculiar invective...
...want to do all that I can do now to prevent [my family] from becoming a victim of racial profiling and police brutality," she added. "No one should have to live in fear that they, a family member, or a friend will die at the hands of the people who are supposed to provide protection...
...seems like a no-brainer: Police in Vancouver are charging a man for assaulting a colleague with a stick - an attack that rendered the victim unconscious. In this case, though, the circumstances are interestingly skewed: The attacker, National Hockey League defenseman Marty McSorley, works in a profession where violence is part of the performance - and is even promoted as an enticement to customers. Why should he be prosecuted when thousands of similar on-ice incidents - brawls that would have the man in the street locked up in an instant - are ignored...