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They would not expect the president to be devoid of dysfunction, but would expect him to have recognized and vanquished his own abusive behaviors.
Having legal representation at divorce and child custody hearings is important in helping victims leave abusive and sometimes dangerous situations, said Margaret Cole, executive director of Wo/Men's Resource and Rape Assistance Program in Jackson.
Even the kids who report to Lewis that they're doing OK speak of parents who've been in real, often long-term trouble: with drugs, alcohol, abusive relationships, crimes.
All the best Thursday series ( Frasier and ER ) have sweeps- driven episodes, but perhaps the most powerful program that night is the movie This Boy's Life (TNT, 8 p.m.), with Robert De Niro as an abusive stepdad tyrannizing Leonardo DiCaprio.
Trent Lott recently called the agency "intrusive, abusive, and out of control."