Re: Rural Alaska Steeped in Sexual Violence

In article <75Tnj.87572$K27.70306@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
tiny dancer <tinydancer357@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The state has long suffered the highest sexual assault
rate in the nation, and the problem is worst in rural areas, according to a
report released Tuesday.


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| They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my
| belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the
| lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a
| more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling
| and beautiful countryside.
|
-- Arthur Conan Doyle _The Adventure of the Copper Beeches_

--bks

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