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Battered. Debra Peavy weeps after her live-in boyfriend beat with a phone receiver. She tossed him out of the apartment saying, 'I love the ground he walks on, but I love myself.'

Apprehended. A Michigan man is arrested after a two-mile chase through the woods. His girlfriend says he beat her.

It Happened So Fast. A woman tells a Dallas officer that her husband hit her. He was angry, smashed the TV and left, she says.

Starting Over. A mother puts her 8-year-old daughter to sleep at a Toronto women's shelter. The youngster has cerebral palsy. The woman recently left her abusive husband.

Refuge. Micheline, 4, and her mother Betty Lou start a new life at a women's shelter. Out of embarrassment, Betty Lou will only spell the word shelter in front of her daughter.

Under Inspection. Michigan police inspect a woman's neck. She says her boyfriend choked her. The officers did not charge the man since there were no visible signs of abuse.

Stalked by Domestic Terror. Sandy Henes of Mi. sleeps with a loaded pistol her testimony sent her ex-husband to prison for kidnapping and rape. He is free and continues to stalk her.

Reminder. A sign on the back door of a women's shelter in Ann Arbor, Mi.

Black and Blue. Canadian high school students perform in and anti-violence against women play set titled 'Black and Blue.' pictures of murder victims in background.

Safety in Numbers. These women travel with a group of other women to Metropolis, a popular nightclub in Montreal. They socialize with caution.