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THE Baltimore County judge who recently expressed sympathy for a convicted rapist because the 18-year-old woman he assaulted had gotten drunk and passed out is a sobering reminder of the extent to which a determinedly male perspective still shapes the prosecution of rape.The jury in this case rejected the claim of Lawrence Gillette that the woman had enticed him, but Judge Thomas Bollinger insisted that she had "facilitated" the crime. Consequently, the judge granted Gillette probation before judgment instead of a prison term for a rape conviction.

William Desmond nearly made it two victories in two days when he followed last Saturday's first-place finish in the St. Paul's Crusade 5K with a second-place run in the Johns Hopkins University Spring Fair Hoedown 8K on Sunday.Desmond, 40, might have won the Hopkins 8K had it not been for the late entry of Mike Proudlove, who triumphed in 25 minutes, 5 seconds -- more than a minute faster than Desmond. Proudlove, who is 18 years Desmond's junior, is visiting from England and telephoned race director Dave Cooley on Saturday evening about entering the Hopkins race.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Southeastern District Robbery/arrests: A 25-year-old man was walking in the 2400 block of Orleans St. about 1:10 a.m. Saturday when two younger males, one with a handgun, robbed him of $20. Acting on information from the victim, police stopped two males nearby who fit descriptions of the robbers and later charged each with armed robbery and...

In keeping with the spirit of the race, Jeff Darman, director of the 12th-annual Nike Capital Challenge, says he has been "leaking quality items since 1981."Information he is leaking now concerns the Capital Challenge, a three-mile loop race around Washington's East Potomac Park on Sept. 17. It is restricted to teams captained by an elected federal official, a cabinet appointee, a federal judge or a journalist."I don't want the race to be 2,000 people," Darman said last week from his office in Arlington, Va. "We try to control the number, but, obviously, the voters help to control the growth sometimes, too. One of the examples of that is Beverly Byron, [Maryland's sixth district representative who was defeated in the March primary]

The year's first full-fledged weekend of running went off with the Howard County Striders' Clyde's American 10K highlightingthe action Sunday.Gerry Clapper achieved his goal of breaking 32 minutes with a 31-minute, 52-second victory in the field of 1,254. Bea Marie Fritsch, who had run a sub-three-hour marathon at Virginia Beach and a 60:12 in the Cherry Blossom 10-miler, continued her 1994 string of success with a 37:03 finish among the women.Saturday's St. Paul's 5K Crusade drew 198 finishers and Sunday's Dulaney 5K Classic had 151.` The top finishers:SATURDAYPaul's 5K Crusade At St. Paul's School Males: 1. Brad Uhlfelder, 33, 15:44; 2. James Pryde, 40, 15:52; 3. Harry Goodman, 40, 16:24; 4. Michael Sterling, 33, 17:03; 5. Oscar Gomez, 31, 17:15; 6. Paul Howarth, 23, 17:18; 7. Sean Smith, 24, 17:31; 8. Michael Auer, 29, 17:53; 9. Robert Strong, 28, 17:54; 10. Robert Howard, 23, 18:01.

ALTHOUGH the Clinton administration sees poor education and limited job skills as major contributors to unemployment, the Labor Department's own statistics show that more education doesn't always yield higher salaries.In 1983, for example, U.S. workers with no high school diploma had an average unemployment rate of 10.7 percent, while the jobless rate for college graduates that year was only 2.9 percent.Yet a breakdown of workers' earnings by educational attainment shows that the relationship between learning and earning does not necessarily follow across race and gender lines.

I am feeling great, and I will tell you why. It's because of this article I read recently that said ... um ... it said ... OK, wait just a minute while I get out this article. ...OK, here it is: According to this article, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania did a study showing that, as males -- but not females -- get older, their brains shrink. Was I ever relieved to read that! I thought it was just me!Here's something I regularly do: I'm walking through an airport, and I see a newsstand, and I think: "Huh!

Racing's curmudgeons, of which far too many exist, decry the lack of stars in their sport. Actually, racing in America boasts at least four horses with star power. In addition to Funny Cide and Empire Maker, the top 3-year-olds on course to meet Aug. 23 in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga, the sport features a pair of 5-year-old mares who've won 18 straight races between them. One is North America's reigning Horse of the Year. The other is an international star who last weekend made her first start in this country.

State police are looking for five youths 16 to 20 years old in a robbery attempt Sunday in Hampstead.The suspects are described as two white males and three black males, traveling in a light blue, late 1980s four-door sedan, possibly a Pontiac.The driver, who was white, has blond hair and is about 17 years old, police said.Police said the incident began about 12: 30 a.m. when a man and woman walking north along Route 30 in Hampstead were approached by five youths in a car. After demanding money at gunpoint and receiving none, the youths assaulted the man before driving away.