Word: blum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very seriously doubt the poll will mean anything," John M. Blum '43, a Corporation fellow, said yesterday...
...Blum added that "in mathematical terms," the 52 per cent majority is "not a significant figure...
...Simpson on the telly, the lady herself lies ailing and aggrieved in her Paris villa. The Duchess of Windsor, now 82, is said to feel that the show portrays her as the future King's "mistress" and a "cheap adventuress." Comes the word from her lawyer, Suzanne Blum: "She was the reluctant partner. The King did not want a mistress, and if he had he would not have abdicated. He wanted a wife and the support of one woman for the rest of his life." To prove it, the former Wallis Warfield Simpson has announced her intention to publish...
...many respects the ascent of Annapurna was not the first of its kind. All-female teams have climbed mountains before; leader Blum was deputy of a 1971 Mt. McKinley expedition. And a few have climbed in the Himalayas. What makes the Annapurna expedition unique, and what Blum emphasizes, is that for the first time women organized on their...
...Blum and her team insist that the time had come for women to organize and lead an ascent. This, also, is an absurd way to achieve equality. Skill, not sex should determine who leads a climb. If women have the requisite skill, fine. By all means they should be encouraged to gain leadership. But they also have to bear in mind that, as females, they are a climbing minority...