Word: victimness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Rabbit at Rest by John Updike. Rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated; Harold C. ("Rabbit") Angstrom is in awful shape at the end of this novel, the victim of piggy habits and a massive coronary, but Updike has left himself free to have a second opinion. If Rabbit really is finished, in this fourth book, then so too is a luminous, encyclopedic saga of postwar America...
...prime, back in the late 1950s and '60s, Gucci defined chic. It was one of the great names in fashion, a symbol of luxury, elegance and quality. By the 1980s, however, the label had become tattered and worn, a victim of sloppy manufacturing, countless knockoffs and feuds among members of the Gucci clan. Stylish women chose Chanel suits and Fendi handbags. But Gucci? Never...
...Gotti prepared to spend the weekend in jail while awaiting a bail hearing, Bruce Cutler, his longtime lawyer, complained that his client was the victim of a government "vendetta." With police locking Gotti up "every 10 to 12 months," protested Cutler, he was serving a life term "on the installment plan" even though he had not been convicted. The vendetta complaint was an exaggeration. But Assistant U.S. Attorney John Gleeson, who will prosecute the case, has been working full-time for five years to get Gotti...
...defensive end, Tomassoni must be breathing a sigh of relief that tonight's opponent is barely a hockey team. The young Crimson defense continues to be banged up, with freshman Derek Maguire the most recent victim...
This year, the 'Poonsters took matters into their own hands. Jack Nicholson-like, they wielded fierce axes and began their cruel torture of the tree. In their criminal adrenaline frenzy, they inflicted cuts up to six inches deep. As sap slowly seeped from the defenseless victim, the 'Poonsters celebrated their vicious and cowardly victory...