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...called social issues were heavily debated during the 1980 campaign and were crucial in electing Ronald Reagan to the presidency. The 97th Congress, with its eager class of conservative freshmen, was expected to legislate traditional morality back into American life. But not one item of the New Right's prospectus has yet been made a law. Legislation that would allow organized prayer in public schools faced another filibuster. A bill authorizing tax credits for private school tuitions is mired in the Senate. And a measure that would restrict busing for school desegregation passed the Senate but is languishing...
Leaders of the movement now aren't pushing for instant equality of numbers of representatives. Despite the surge in political activity, there probably won't be many more women in the 98th Congress than the 19 representatives and two senators in the sitting 97th. That's because very few politicians start at the national level and the qualified female candidates are still seeking state and local posts. So in the past eight years, the number of women in state legislatures has tripled, from 4 percent to 12 percent. In time, that increase should ripple thought higher circles of power...
...audience was dressed to the hilt-formal wear was mandatory for the occasion, the 97th Annual Gridiron dinner thrown by the Washington press corps. But that did not prevent members from poking fun at Honored Guest Nancy Reagan, 60, and her reputation for the name-wear of haute couture. They produced a barbed, post-dinner skit, to the tune of Second Hand Rose, that featured such lines as "Secondhand dress/ Goodbye, you old worn-out mess/ I never wear a frock more than once/ Calvin Klein, Adolfo, Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass/ Ronald Reagan's mamma's going...
Most Congressmen felt that the New Federalism was simply irrelevant to the real issues facing the second session of the 97th Congress, and they vented wrath at Reagan from both sides of the aisle for ignoring the problems of deficits and unemployment. Republican leaders on the Hill fear that they will have to come up with their own plan to cope with the unacceptably high deficits, without any support Tom Reagan. The first problem will be to pass the badly unbalanced 1983 budget the President plans to submit next week. "Are any Republicans going to vote for it?" asked Robert...
Also finishing the race for Harvard were freshman Jenny Stricker (55th, 19:02), senior captain Kristen Linsley (83rd, 19:28), senior Mary Herlihy (97th, 19:41); freshman Mary Jeanne Barrett (123rd, 20:04), and freshman Amy Simon (138th...