31.   But they were also inclined to forgive or at least excuse domestic abuse, and were often bored and sometimes confused by scientific evidence.

32.   Casting Republicans as tools of the National Rifle Association, Clinton called for banning armor-piercing bullets and prohibiting gun ownership for people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse.

33.   Clinton is expected to use another stop Monday to call for a ban on handgun purchases by people convicted of domestic abuse.

34.   Countries from Nigeria to Mongolia have greatly expanded what girls are taught in school, rewritten their laws about domestic abuse and increased access to contraceptives and counseling.

35.   Counselors say victims of domestic abuse refuse to testify against their batterers in at least half of the cases brought.

36.   Committee members helped neighbors deal with police complaints and domestic abuse, and they assisted victims.

37.   Domestic abuse experts say men fear being seen as failures if they leave their families, or being ridiculed or faced with disbelief.

38.   Domestic abuse remains one of the most intractable causes of homicide, but there are some success stories.

39.   Domestic abuse has risen during the blackout, police say, especially in the last few days.

40.   Duquette declined to answer whether there was any prior history of domestic abuse, saying that it is a private matter.