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...based on the 19th century notion of a female as the dependent property of a father or husband. In Georgia, the legislature has stubbornly refused to repeal an 1863 law that defines a woman's legal existence as "merged in the husband." In Arizona, insurance companies may still cancel a divorced woman's insurance (but not a man's) on the grounds of "instability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Evolution, Not Revolution | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...concerned teacher for successfully pushing me towards my limits as a writer. The present situation dismays me and I fear comes down to a clash of personalities rather than a solution to legitimate deficiencies in Expos. I hope possibility remains for a reversal of Mr. Marius's decision to cancel Expository writing 13 and lose as fine a teacher as Mrs. Thomson. Michael T. Cohen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marius's Fiction | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

Marius apparently has extensive administrative support in his decision to cancel fiction and his attitude toward teaching. Members of the Standing Committee on Expository Writing interviewed yesterday, said they will back his decision...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Watching the Fur Fly | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...Afro-American Society and Alpha Phi Alpha, the only black fraternity at Dartmouth, requested that the Faculty Council cancel all classes after 10 a.m. today so that those organizations could sponsor a symposium on racial issues at the college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Faculty Cancels All Classes To Relieve Mounting Racial Tensions | 3/8/1979 | See Source »

...disposition of the money and jewels. The authorities believe that the mob got the cooperation of Lufthansa employees on the inside by the time-honored method of inducing them to gamble, pressuring them to pay up, loaning them money at exorbitant rates and, finally, pointing out that they could cancel their debts by helping out with the heist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cracking the Lufthansa Caper | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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