Word: victimizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minutes between classes, BGLSA clashed cymbals once every 30 seconds, each clash representing another AIDS victim...
...companion, Chris Donovan. One guest, a genealogist who resists the temptation to find distinguished ancestors for rich people, is so obliging at parties that he can be put "next to a tree and he will talk to it." Another, a television-documen tary producer, temporarily quiets the victim of a recent crime with her theory that all human beings exist psychologically in a certain era; she claims an 18th century sensibility. The robbers left behind a guitar and a painting by the contemporary artist Francis Bacon, she explains, because they were "history-blocked" somewhere before the 20th century. The host...
Hemeid's boss was more easily intimidated. Three weeks ago, Hemeid was fired, another victim of the latest surge of fear and violence between Arabs and Jews. "My employer was scared of me," said Hemeid last week, sitting at home under military curfew. "How am I going to find another job and feed my family...
...favorable ruling provided only momentary respite. Six of the women found themselves suspended from their jobs as professors at King Saud University in Riyadh after organized bands of students staged angry protests. "Not one of my students understood what I was trying to accomplish," said a stunned victim. Leaflets passed out at mosques during Friday prayers accused the women of undermining Saudi morality and, worst of all, showing signs of "American secularism." The women's names, phone numbers and addresses were printed and distributed. Menacing telephone calls followed. Says a friend of one of the women: "They are afraid that...
...purest form . . . power and domination for its own sake," to be expanded without limit. If Saddam is allowed to keep part of Kuwait -- and make no mistake, that is what those advocating a "diplomatic solution" are hinting at -- he will be back to take a bite out of another victim. Not right away, maybe, but after the U.S. troops have left Saudi Arabia and all has returned to a delusive quiet. If he meets resistance, he will use chemical, bacteriological and, one day, nuclear weapons. Millions...