In Noah Baumbach's "Margot at the Wedding," a face is slapped, some punches and kicks are thrown and a gracious old shade tree is subjected to assault by chain saw.
(Traub tours the Eighth Avenue end of Forty-second with one of the district's privately financed security officers, who points out that there is still plenty of prostitution and drug-trafficking but very few muggings or assaults; even chain-snatching and petty theft are now rare).
A competing bill, introduced by Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, would despite the army's bad record keep the issue of sexual assault within the chain of command but require civilian review of cases that the top brass refuse to prosecute.
In embattled Damascus suburbs like Douma, streets were still filled with soldiers and tanks surrounding the town, while a resident of Aleppo reached by telephone said a full-scale army assault on a chain of villages north of the city was continuing unabated.
When generals sat before me in a row and started saying that same ridiculous line, that we needed to keep decision-making about whether to prosecute sexual assault in the chain of command for the sake of "good order and discipline," I lost it, for real... I'd had it with their bullshit and condescension..
At virtually every turn between about 1920 and 1950, A.& P. was confronted with another assault from anti-chain forces, including efforts to impose onerous taxes on its individual outlets and restrictions on the price advantages that it could command from manufacturers.
Victims have said they often don't trust commanders and argued that removing such assaults from the chain of command would be the single best step to increase reporting.
But according to studies, one in four of people assaulted report that their assault happened within their chain of command.
One option that has been discussed is bringing the military-justice response to sexual assault out of the chain of command.
Although Mr. Levin's measure would change the current system, it would keep prosecution of sexual assault cases within the chain of command, as the military wants.
At a hearing a few weeks ago, Mr. Levin compiled a witness list of people who supported keeping the prosecution of sexual assault cases within the chain of command as Ms. Gillibrand pushed to hear from more victims' advocates.
