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1.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

almosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworIdRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)aconrnonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattlefieldinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.fighting

B.suffering

C.poor

D.ill

2.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworldRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattlefieldinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasanInternationaItreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.on

B.for

C.nomatter

D.about

3.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworldRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattlefieldinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.progress

B.result

C.discovery

D.experience

4.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsbIood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworIdRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattIefieIdinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).11(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.offers

B.encourages

C.protects

D.inspires

5.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworldRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattIefieIdinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.patients

B.citizens

C.prisoners

D.laborers

6.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeople

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworIdRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeopIewere(69)onabattlefieldinIta-ly.

HewantedtoheIpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.raised

B.closed

C.spt.up

D.accepted

7.TheRedCrossisaninternationalorganization,whichcaresforpeopIe

whoareinneedofhelp.AmaninaParis(56)whoneedsblood,awoman

inMexicowhowas(57)inanaccident,and(58)inIndiathatlosttheir

(59)inastormmayalIbe(60)bytheRedCross.TheRedCross(61)in

aImosteverycountryaroundthe(62)TheworldRedCrossorganizations

aresometimes(63)theSunortheRedLion.AlIoftheseorgani-zations

(64)acommonaimof(65)tohelppeopIeinneed.Theideaof(66)an

organizationtohelpthesickandwoundedduringawarwas(67)byJoan

Dunant.In1859,he(68)howpeoplewere(69)onabattlefieldinIta-ly.

HewantedtohelpalIthewoundedpeopIe(70)whichsidetheywerefighting

for.Themostimportant(71)ofhisworkwasaninternationaltreaty(條

約).It(72)prisonersofwar,thesickandwounded,andother(73)during

awar.TheAmericanRedCrosswas(74)byLaraBartonin1881.Todaythe

CrossintheUnitedStatesprovidesanumberof(75)forthepubIic.

A.information

B.services

C.wealth

D.materials

8.

{{B}}TEXTA{{/B}}

PaulaJonescaseagainstBillCIintonisnow,foralIpossible

politicalconsequencesandcapacityformediasensation,afairyroutine

Iawsuitofitskind.Itdoes,however,haveenormoussocialsignificance.

Forthoseofuswhocareaboutsexualharassment,thematterofJones

v.Clintonisagreatconundrum.Consider:ifJones,theformerArkansas

stateemployee,provesherclaims,thenwemustfacethefactthatwe

helpedtoelectsomeone-Bi11Clinton-whohasbetrayedusonthis

vitalissue.Butifsheisprovedtobelying,thenwemustacceptthat

wepushedontothepubIicagendaanissuethatisvenerableto

manipuIationbya11egedvictims.Theskepticswi11useJones*caseto

castdoubtonthewhoIocause.

Still,MsJonesdeservesthechancetoprovehercase;shehasaright

topursuethisclaimandhavetheprocesswork.ItwiIIbedifficult:

thesekindsofcasesusuallyare,andMs.Jones'taskofsuingasitting

presidentisharderthanmost.

Shedoeshaveonethingsittingonherside:hercaseisinthecourts.

SexuaI-harassmentclaimsarereallyaboutviolationsoftheaIIeged

victims5civilrights,andthereisnobetterforumfordeterminingand

assessingthosevioIations-andfindingthetruth-thanfederaIcourt.

ThejudicialsystemcanputasidepoliticaltodecidethesecompIicated

issues.ThatisafeatthatneithertheSenateJudicialnorethics

committeeshavebeenabletoaccompIish——witnesstheClarenceThomas

andBobPackwoodaffairs.Onelesson:thelegalarena,notthepoliticaI

one,istheplacetosettIethesesensitiveproblems.

SomehavearguedthatthepeopIe(the"feminists")whoralliedaround

mehavefailedtosupportJones.Oursituations,however,arequite

different.In1991thecountrywasinthemiddleofapubIicdebateover

whetherClarenceThomasshouldbeconfirmedtotheSupremeCourt.

Throughoutthatsummer,interestgroupsonbothsidesweighedinonhis

nomination.ItwasapubIicforumthatinvitedapubIicconversation.

Butapendingcivilaction-evenoneagainstthepresident-doesnot

generallyinvitethatkindofpubIicengagement.

MostofthepubIicseemscontenttolettheprocessmoveforward.And

giventheconundrumcreatedbytheclaim,itisnowonderthatmany

("feminists"incIuded)havebeenslowtojumpintotheJones-CIintonfray.

ButpeopIefromalIwalksofIiferemainopentohersuit.Wedon'tyet

knowwhichoutcomewemustconfront:thepresidentwhobetrayedtheissue

orthewomanwhousedit.Whicheveritis,weshouldcontinuetopursue

sexuaIharassmentwiththesamekindofenergyandinterestineliminating

theprobIemthatwehaveinthepast,regardIessofwhoistheaccused

ortheaccuser.Thestatisticsshowthatabout40percentofwomenin

theworkforcewiIIencountersomeformofharassment.Wecan'tafford

toabandonthisissuenow.

WhatisthewordMconundrum"inthefirstparagraphmean

A.dilemma

B.akindofniusicalinsLrunienl

C.aeasything

D.comfortablecondition

9.{{B}}TEXTB{{/B})

Inhisessay"TheParableoftheTapeworm,"MarioVargasLlosaargues

thatattheheartofthewriter*swilltowriteisrebeIlion,a"rejection

andcriticismoflifeasitis."Moreover,hespeculates,itiseven

possiblethatgoodIiteraturemayinspireactuaIactsofrebelIionwhen

thereadercomparesthebetterworldofthebooktotherelativejunk

heapofreaIIife.Whetherornotthisisuniversallytrue,it*san

attractiveidea,and,initsway,acomfortingone.Languageisalever

thatmightmovetheenormousweightofthefickle,war-tornworldweIive

in.It'sfree,universalandhighlyportable:betterthanplasticbomb

anddifficulttogovern.

VargasLIosa1sideaisaIso,ofcourse,awriterIysortofreaIpolitik,

awishthatagoodnoveI-orstoryorpoem-canIiterallyremakehistory.

WhenLuisAlbertoUrreabeganhisepicnoveI,"TheHummingbird*s

Daughter,"20yearsago,theUnitedStateswasinthefirstphaseofa

conservativebacklash,theculturewarsweregatheringsteam,andthe

Ieftfe11itseIftobeunderadarkcIoud.Twodecadeslater,thesituation

seemsevengraver:theculturewarsaremoreintenseandtheleftfeels

undernotacloudbutananviI.

Withtheelectionofanew,deeplyconservativepope,Urrea'stiming

couIdn*tbebetter:hismaincharacter,Teresita,isasaintasenvisioned

notinthemarblereachesoftheVaticanbutinthepopuIistpueblosof

IiberationtheoIogy,aMexicansaintofdustandblood,withIiceinher

hairanddirtunderherfingernaiIs.Poor,iIlegitimate,i11iterateand

despised,TeresitaistheembodimentofthedictumthattheIastshalI

befirst,andherascensionoverthecourseof500pagesisamyththat

isaIsoacharminglywrittenmanifesto.

Urrea,whowasborninTijuanatoanAmericanmotherandaMexican

father,istheauthorof10previousbooksofnonfiction,fictionand

poetry;thebestknownoftheseareprobably"TheDevil'sHighway"and

"AcrosstheWire,"nonfictionaccountsofhardscrabbleIivesonthe

Mexican-UnitedStatesborder.For"TheHummingbird*sDaughter,"he

reachedbackintohisownfamilyhistory,orwhatheca11s"afamilyfolk

tale.MTeresallrrea,knowninthenovelasTeresita,wasadistant

reIativeand,asUrreadiscovered,thesubjectofsomeearlier

scholarship,anninfluential"seriesofnewspaperarticlesinthe1930’

sandatleastoneothernoveI.Urrea*sbookre-imaginesherstoryon

agrandscale,asamixofIeftisthagiography,mysticalbiIdungsroman

andmelancholicnationaIanthem.

ThehaIf-1ndianchildofawealthyMexicanIandowner,Teresita,born

in1873witharedtriangleonherforehead,isaIsopossessedofa

supernaturaIgiftforheaIingthatbecomesmuchstrongerasshegrows

up.andstrongerstillaftersufferingaterribleassaultthatkillsher.

Sherisesfromthedeadandbeginstoperformmiracles.Thesick,the

haltandthedyinggatheraroundher,andsodoMexicanrevolutionaries.

"Everythingthegovernmentdoes,"Teresitapreachestothem,“ismorally

wrong.**Thisdemocraticgroundswe11inevitabIyresuItsinashowdownwith

theMexicanauthorities.

Teresita1sendurance-andsurvivaI-areIitoraIlyandspirituaIIy

IinkedtothestrugglesofMexicoitself,astrugglethatUrreasees

firmlyfromthebottomup."Godisaworker,Iikeus,"Huila,anaged

curandera,instructstheyoungTeresita."Hemadetheworld一一hedidn'

thirepoorIndiostobuilditforhim!Godhasworker*shands.Just

remember-angeIscarrynoharps.AngeIscarryhammers."

Inthefirstparagraph,Iiteratureiscomparedtoplastiquebecause

A.bothofthemareportable.

B.bothofthemaredifficulttogovern.

C.bothofthemcanbeusedinrebellion.

D.botharethemarehighlyinfluential.

10.{{B}}TEXTC{{/B})

Utopiasaresupposedtobedreamsofthefuture.ButtheAmerican

UtopiaLateIyit'sadreamthatwas,atwiIitmemoryoftheGoldenAge

betweenV-JdayandOPEC,whenevenablue-colIarpaycheckboughtaplace

inthemiddleclass.Thepromiseofparadiseregainedhasbecomeakey

totheDemocraticPartypitch.MickeyKaus,asenioreditoroftheNew

RepubIic,saystheDemocratsarewastingtheirtime.AstheU.S.enters

aworIdwhereonlythehighlyskiIledandwe11educatedwi11makeadecent

Iiving,thegapbetweenrichandpoorisgoingtokeepgrowing.Nofiddling

withthetaxcode,retreattoprotectionismorjobtrainingforjobsthat

aren*tthereisgoingtostopit.IncomeequaIityisahopelesscause

intheU.S."Liberalismwouldbelessdepressingifithadamore

attainableend.nKauswrites,"agoaIshortofmoneyequality."Liberal

DemocratsshouIdembraceanaimhecallscivicequality.Ifgovernment

can*tbringeveryoneintothemiddleclass,letitexpandtheareasof

Iifeinwhicheveryone,regardlessofincome,receivesthesametreatment.

NationaIheaIthcare,improvedpubIicschooIstuniversaInationaI

serviceandgovernmentfinancingofnearlyalIelectioncampaigns,which

wouldfreezeoutspecial-interestmoney-therearetheunobjectionable

componentsofhisenlargedpubIicsphere.

KausisrighttofearthehardeningofclassIines,butwrongtothink

thestressescanbereIievedwithoutacontinuingefforttoboostincome

forthebottomhaIf."No,wecan'tteIIthemthey,IIberich,"headmits.n

OrevencomfortablyweIIoff.Butwecanofferthematleastamaterial

minimumandagoodshotatclimbinguptheladder,Andwecanofferthem

respect."Andwhatmightthey,offerbackTheBronxhadarudecheer

forit.AgoodchunkoftheDemocraticcoreconstituencywouldprobably

peeloff.AtthecenterofKaus'bookisathoughtfuIbutnolessrisky

proposaltodynamitewelfare.HerightIyunderstandshowfearand

loathingofthechronicallyunempIoyedunderclasshaveencouragedmiddle

incomeAmericanstofleefromeveryonebelowthemontheclassscale.

Theonlywaytoeliminatewelfaredependency,Kausmaintains,isby

cuttingoffchecksforalIabIe-bodiedrecipients,includingsingle

motherswithchiIdren.Hewouldhavegovernmentprovidetheminsteadwith

jobsthatpaysIightIylessthantheminimumwage,earned-incometax

creditstonudgethemoverthepovertyIine,drugcounseIing,jobtraining

and,ifnecessary,daycarefortheirchiIdren.Kausdoesn*tseiIthis

associaIpolicyonthecheap.Heexpectsitwouldcostupto$59bi11ion

ayearmorethanthe$23billionalreadyspentannuallyonwelfarein

theU.S.Andheknowsitwouldbepoliticallyperilous,becausehe

suggestspayingforthepIanbyraidingSociaISecurityfundsandtrimming

benefitsforupper-incomeretirees.YetheconsidersifmoneyweIIspent

itwouldundotheknotofchronicpovertyandhelpfosterclass

rapprochement.Anditwouldbetoo.Butoneadvantageofbeinganauthor

isthatyouonlyaskpeopIetoIistentoyou,nottovoteforyou.

AccordingtoMiekeyKaus,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue

A.Methodslikeevadingincometaxorprovidingmorechancesforjob

trainingmighthelpreducetheexistinginequality.

B.TheDemocraticPartyisspreadingpropagandathattheycouldregain

thelostparadise.

C.Americansoncehadaperiodoftimewhentheycouldobtainmiddle-class

sLtiluseasily.

D.Incomeinequalityresultsfromthefactthatsocietyneedsmoreand

moreworkerswhohaveahighskillandagoodeducation.

11.{{BHTEXTB{{/B})

Inhisessay"TheParableoftheTapeworm,"MarioVargasLlosaargues

thatattheheartofthewriter*swilltowriteisrebeIlion,a"rejection

andcriticismoflifeasitis."Moreover,hespeculates,itiseven

possiblethatgoodIiteraturemayinspireactuaIactsofrebelIionwhen

thereadercomparesthebetterworldofthebooktotherelativejunk

heapofreaIIife.Whetherornotthisisuniversallytrue,it*san

attractiveidea,and,initsway,acomfortingone.Languageisalever

thatmightmovetheenormousweightofthefickle,war-tornworldweIive

in.It'sfree,universalandhighlyportable:betterthanplasticbomb

anddifficulttogovern.

1

VargasLIosasideaisaIso,ofcourse,awriterlysortofreaIpolitikt

awishthatagoodnoveI-orstoryorpoem-canIiterallyremakehistory.

WhenLuisAlbertoUrreabeganhisepicnoveI,"TheHummingbird*s

Daughter,"20yearsago,theUnitedStateswasinthefirstphaseofa

conservativebacklash,theculturewarsweregatheringsteam,andthe

Ieftfe11itseIftobeunderadarkcIoud.Twodecadeslater,thesituation

seemsevengraver:theculturewarsaremoreintenseandtheleftfeels

undernotacloudbutananviI.

WiththeeIectionofanew,deepIyconservativepope,Urrea1stiming

couIdn*tbebetter:hismaincharacter,Teresita,isasaintasenvisioned

notinthemarblereachesoftheVaticanbutinthepopuIistpueblosof

IiberationtheoIogy,aMexicansaintofdustandblood,withIiceinher

hairanddirtunderherfingernaiIs.Poor,iIlegitimate,i11iterateand

despised,TeresitaistheembodimentofthedictumthattheIastshalI

befirst,andherascensionoverthecourseof500pagesisamyththat

isaIsoacharminglywrittenmanifesto.

Urrea,whowasborninTijuanatoanAmericanmotherandaMexican

father,istheauthorof10previousbooksofnonfiction,fictionand

poetry;thebestknownoftheseareprobably"TheDevil'sHighway"and

"AcrosstheWire,"nonfictionaccountsofhardscrabbleIivesonthe

Mexican-UnitedStatesborder.For"TheHummingbird*sDaughter,"he

reachedbackintohisownfamilyhistory,orwhatheca11s"afamilyfolk

tale.MTeresallrrea,knowninthenovelasTeresita,wasadistant

reIativeand,asUrreadiscovered,thesubjectofsomeearIier

scholarship,anninfluential"seriesofnewspaperarticlesinthe1930’

sandatleastoneothernoveI.Urrea*sbookre-imaginesherstoryon

agrandscale,asamixofIeftisthagiography,mysticalbiIdungsroman

andmelancholicnationaIanthem.

ThehaIf-1ndianchildofawealthyMexicanIandowner,Teresita,born

in1873witharedtriangleonherforehead,isaIsopossessedofa

supernaturaIgiftforheaIingthatbecomesmuchstrongerasshegrows

up.andstrongerstillaftersufferingaterribleassaultthatkillsher.

Sherisesfromthedeadandbeginstoperformmiracles.Thesick,the

haltandthedyinggatheraroundher,andsodoMexicanrevolutionaries.

"Everythingthegovernmentdoes,"Teresitapreachestothem,Mismorally

wrong.**Thisdemocraticgroundswe11inevitabIyresuItsinashowdownwith

theMexicanauthorities.

Teresita1sendurance-andsurvivaI-areIitoraIlyandspirituaIIy

IinkedtothestrugglesofMexicoitself,astrugglethatUrreasees

firmlyfromthebottomup."Godisaworker,Iikeus,"Huila,anaged

curandera,instructstheyoungTeresita."Hemadetheworld一一hedidn'

thirepoorIndiostobuilditforhim!Godhasworker*shands.Just

remember-angeIscarrynoharps.AngeIscarryhammers."

ConcerningthemaincharacterofthenoveI,whichofthefollowingis

NOTtrue

A.Sheisarelativeofthewriter.

B.Sheisanembodinentofself-madehero.

C.Shehadbeenstudiedorwrittenaboutbeforethisnovel.

D.Sheisasaintcomingfromthegrassroots.

12.

({BJJTEXTA{{/B}}

PaulaJonescaseagainstBillCIintonisnow,foraIIpossible

politicaIconsequencesandcapacityformediasensation,afairyroutine

Iawsuitofitskind.Itdoes,however,haveenormoussocialsignificance.

Forthoseofuswhocareaboutsexualharassment,thematterofJones

v.Clintonisagreatconundrum.Consider:ifJones,theformerArkansas

stateemployee,provesherclaims,thenwemustfacethefactthatwe

helpedtoelectsomeone-Bi11CIinton-whohasbetrayedusonthis

vitalissue.Butifsheisprovedtobelying,thenwemustacceptthat

wepushedontothepubIicagendaanissuethatisvenerabIeto

manipuIationbyallegedvictims.TheskepticswiIIuseJones'caseto

castdoubtonthewholecause.

Still,MsJonesdeservesthechancetoprovehercase;shehasaright

topursuethisclaimandhavetheprocesswork.Itwi11bedifficult:

thesekindsofcasesusuallyare,andMs.Jones1taskofsuingasitting

presidentisharderthanmost.

Shedoeshaveonethingsittingonherside:hercaseisinthecourts.

SexuaI-harassmentclaimsarereallyaboutvioIationsoftheaIIeged

victims'civilrights,andthereisnobetterforumfordeterminingand

assessingthosevioIations-andfindingthetruth-thanfederaIcourt.

ThejudicialsystemcanputasidepoliticaltodecidethesecompIicated

issues.ThatisafeatthatneithertheSenateJudicialnorethics

committeeshavebeenabletoaccompIish-witnesstheClarenceThomas

andBobPackwoodaffairs.Onelesson:thelegalarena,notthepolitical

one,istheplacetosettIethesesensitiveproblems.

SomehavearguedthatthepeopIe(the"feminists")whoralliedaround

m